by m0xtd | Dec 16, 2011 | Daily Updates
Space is about to touch down in even more classrooms and colleges across the UK, with the launch of the National Space Academy – a network of outstanding teachers and space scientists that will use the inspirational context of space to teach STEM subjects – and...
by m0xtd | Dec 15, 2011 | Daily Updates
Roger J A Duthie M0RJA and the team are carrying out further attempts to reactivate Prospero, the United Kingdom’s first satellite launched on a UK-built rocket, Black Arrow, on October 28, 1971. The team now have an AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle (FCD) VHF/UHF Software...
by m0xtd | Dec 15, 2011 | Daily Updates
PW-Sat, a 1U CubeSat to be launched on the first VEGA flight in January, will carry a 435 to 145 MHz Amateur Radio transponder. The single channel transponder will operate in a similar way to the amateur satellite AO-16. The uplink on 435.020 MHz will be FM and the...
by m0xtd | Dec 13, 2011 | Daily Updates
The CubeSTAR amateur radio satellite being built by students at the University of Oslo features on page 2 of the December 14 issue of Electronics Weekly. CubeSTAR is a project which aims to improve and support future space weather monitoring. Its scientific purpose is...
by m0xtd | Dec 13, 2011 | Daily Updates
The Dutch team that produced Delfi-C3 (DO-64) are planning to launch a new amateur radio satellite, the Delfi-N3XT in September 2012. It will be launched on a DNEPR rocket and carry a 435/145 MHz linear transponder for SSB/CW communications and a 2400 MHz telemetry...
