by Peter Goodhall | Feb 7, 2013 | Daily Updates
The Hindu newspaper reports that the first launch of the year by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be the PSLV-CA (PSLV-C20). It will carry the ocean study spacecraft SARAL as well as satellites carrying amateur radio payloads. The launch into a 785...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 6, 2013 | Daily Updates
The Herald newspaper reports that the CubeSat UKube-1 will be launched in June, 2013. The spacecraft is being built for the UK Space Agency (UKSA) by Clyde Space and the launch will take place from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on a Soyuz-2 along with TechDemoSat-1....
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 6, 2013 | Daily Updates
Five new CubeSats being developed in Taiwan, Vietnam and the United States are hoping to fly during 2013. Taiwan – PACE PACE is the first nanosatellite developed the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) of Taiwan and has the objective to provide a platform for...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 2, 2013 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-UK will be providing a 1260/145 MHz FM transponder and a 145 MHz BPSK telemetry beacon for the European Student Earth Orbiter (ESEO). This is the third mission within the European Space Agency’s Education Satellite Programme. The satellite, which has a...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 1, 2013 | Daily Updates
Arirang, a TV station in Korea, has broadcast an English language TV news item about CubeSats that features a brief clip of the AMSAT-UK FUNcube-1 CubeSat. FUNcube-1 is planned to launch in 2013 and will provide an amateur radio 435/145 MHz linear transponder for...
