by Peter Goodhall | Dec 30, 2012 | Daily Updates
N0D, the Special Event Station for the End of the World, succeeded in making 142 contacts via the amateur radio satellites. Houston, Texas December 27, 2012: The N0D team had a very successful operation celebrating the Mayan Calendar End of the World which some...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 27, 2012 | Daily Updates
At the AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2011, Ivo Klinkert PA1IVO gave a short presentation about his experiences with his portable setup, called A Multipurpose Portable Setup. Based on this presentation, Andreas Bilsing DL2LUX invited him to write an article about this subject...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 24, 2012 | Daily Updates
2013 should see the first flight of a new satellite launch vehicle. Super Strypi, also known as SPARK (Space-borne Payload Assist Rocket – Kauai), has been developed by Sandia National Laboratories, the University of Hawaii and Aerojet. The rocket is based on an...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 24, 2012 | Daily Updates
KickSat-1 is an amateur radio CubeSat technology demonstration mission designed to demonstrate the deployment and operation of 128 prototype Sprites (also referred to as ChipSats or femtosatellites) which were developed by radio amateur Zac Manchester KD2BHC at...
