by Peter Goodhall | Apr 15, 2013 | Daily Updates
CanSats are tiny satellites, built to fit in the same space as a soda-can. UNISEC is running a training program in Japan later this year, to train people on how to build and teach building of these ingenious devices. Watch The 2nd CanSat Leader Training Program...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 14, 2013 | Daily Updates
Members of Camb-Hams will once again activate the Isle of Mull (IOSA NH15, SCOTIA CN10, WLOTA 2485), Inner Hebrides, as GS3PYE/p between May 10-16. The Camb-Hams have been activating the Scottish Isles each year since 2008. Look for thirteen operators to be active on...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 13, 2013 | Daily Updates
On Saturday, April 13 at 1000 UT, two balloons both carrying 434 MHz transmitters were launched from Cambridge, UK . One transmitting video images from a Rapsberry Pi computer board, the other carried a 144.800 MHz APRS beacon M0UPU-11 in addition to the 434 MHz...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 13, 2013 | Daily Updates
Estonia’s first CubeSat ESTCube-1, amateur radio callsign ES5E/S, is planning to launch from Kourou in the Caribbean on May 2, 2013 on an ESA VEGA rocket. Built by students at the University of Tartu ESTCube-1 the main mission of the satellite is to test...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 13, 2013 | Daily Updates
Arrowhead Systems Ltd of Stoke-On-Trent has partnered with NanoSatisfi on the ArduSat project. They aim to give UK school children the chance to run experiments in space. Arrowhead Systems have experimental time on Ardusat, with access to every sensor, from the Geiger...
