by Peter Goodhall | Dec 8, 2012 | Daily Updates
The Space Adventures agency has confirmed that Phantom of the Opera star Sarah Brightman has signed an agreement with the Russian Space Agency and secured herself a space trip in 2015. Brightman will become the next private spacefarer to the ISS following Cirque du...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 7, 2012 | Daily Updates
Clyde Space have released pictures showing the progress of UKube-1 as they prepare the satellite for a Soyuz launch planned for March 2013. UKube-1 is the UK Space Agency’s first CubeSat and plans to carry an amateur radio 435/145 MHz linear transponder...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 7, 2012 | Daily Updates
The UK Space Agency will be running a Cubesat Community Workshop in January. Registration for the workshop is now open. This is a free event and is open to all, hosted by the Open University, Milton Keynes, on 22 January 2013. Please note that space is limited and...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 7, 2012 | Daily Updates
NBC News reports that inmates at San Quentin prison are building CubeSat orbital deployers. P-PODs, Poly Picosatellite Orbital Deployers are aluminum boxes designed to hold tiny satellites known as CubeSats, which ride “piggyback” into space as secondary...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 5, 2012 | Daily Updates
Hector, CO6CBF reports on his successful transatlantic contact between Cuba and Spain using the amateur radio satellite FO-29. I am pleased to report that yesterday morning I had my first transatlantic contact on satellites. I worked EA4CYQ Juan Antonio in IM78cx. I...
