Neptune TubeSat and CubeSat Launcher

The October issue of Sat Magazine carries an 8 page article by Randa Relich Milliron, Interorbital Systems Chief Executive Officer, in which she describes the Neptune rockets and their TubeSat and CubeSat payloads. The first Neptune 9 rocket is planned to launch mid...

SRMSAT and JUGNU to launch October 12

Mani, VU2WMY, says he used an AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle SDR to receive telemetry from SRMSAT and JUGNU during environmental tests. India’s latest Amateur Radio satellites SRMSAT and JUGNU are now at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) spaceport at...

Surrey to start making radar satellites.

It is a significant move for the Guildford-based company which has, until now, been associated with small, low-cost satellites that view the Earth at optical and near-infrared wavelengths, producing images that are recognisably the sort of thing we see with our own...

New ITU Service for CubeSats and Nanosats ?

The latest issue of the AMSAT-UK publication OSCAR News highlights the US NTIA proposal to create a new ITU satellite service for CubeSats and NanoSats. The proposal seeks one or more frequency bands, totalling up to 10 MHz of spectrum, to support command, control,...

AubieSat-1 launch information

Jean-Marie KI4YAU asks Amateur Radio operators to listen out for AubieSat-1, on 437.475 MHz CW, after its launch on October 25 at 0952 UTC: We fervently request your assistance in receiving transmissions from an upcoming satellite, AubieSat-1, immediately after its...