by Peter Goodhall | Jun 28, 2017 | Daily Updates
Bristol students plan to transmit 434 MHz Slow Scan Digital Video (SSDV) from the UBSEDS25 solar powered high altitude balloon planned to launch on Saturday, July 1. On the UKHAS Google Group Richard Meadows M0SBU from University of Bristol Students for the...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 24, 2017 | Daily Updates
Yes, we’re going into space and you can be part of it! AMSAT-ZL has reached a staging point in the development of their satellite project, KiwiSAT. We’re ready to go, ready to get up there! The exciting KiwiSAT project, to create and launch a New Zealand produced...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 21, 2017 | Daily Updates
Special Slow Scan Television (SSTV) transmissions are expected to be made from the International Space Station on 145.800 MHz FM around the weekend of July 15. In commemoration of their 20th anniversary, the ARISS team is planning to transmit a set of 12 SSTV images...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 17, 2017 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-UK has released the FUNcube satellite status update report for June 2017. AO-73 FUNcube-1 The transponder is normally operational only when the satellite is in eclipse, ie the solar panels are NOT being illuminated. During weekends (from PM Fridays UTC to PM...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 17, 2017 | Daily Updates
I-Inspire-2 is a 20 x 10 x 10cm CubeSat built by the University of Sydney in collaboration with the Australian National University and the University of New South Wales (Sydney) WIA News reports: On board the tiny spacecraft is an experiment, part of the QB50 project,...