NROL-36 TLE lottery – update from DK3WN

Mike Rupprecht DK3WN continues his investigation to match the NORAD Two-Line Element Sets for Objects D to K to the CubeSats that were deployed by the NROL-36 mission on September 13. Read the results in his Satellite Blog at...

KickSat to Deploy 200 Sprite Satellites

KickSat is an amateur radio CubeSat technology demonstration mission designed to demonstrate the deployment and operation of prototype Sprite “ChipSats” (femtosatellites) developed at Cornell University by Zac Manchester KD2BHC. It plans to launch on ELaNa-5 / CRS-3...

BUAA-SAT Amateur Radio Satellite

BUAA-SAT is a university micro-satellite project developed by the students of Beihang University (Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics). It carries an amateur radio 435/145 MHz FM voice transponder. The satellite has a mass of 30kg, dimensions of...

Colloquium Pictures Wanted

Your pictures of the 2012 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium can now be uploaded to the Photo Gallery at http://www.uk.amsat.org/Gallery3/index.php/ Create a new album with your name or call sign and upload your pictures.  

Space is the Place: Student Built Cube Satellites

On September 10, the “MENTOR Makerspace” program kicked off with a special event held at the College of San Mateo. The MENTOR Makerspace program has a goal of introducing low-cost makerspaces into 1,000 high schools over the next three years. NASA’s...