CubeSat Deployable Boom

The team at Drexel University have been doing some research on a deployable boom for CubeSats. The YouTube description reads: Drexel University’s experiment, Characterizing the Performance of the CubeSat Deployable Boom in Microgravity has been selected to...

Isle of Skye on Amateur Radio Satellites Sep 24

Paul Robinson 2E1EUB, current holder of the Louis Varney G5RV cup, will be active on the Amateur Radio satellites from the Isle of Skye and Eastern Scotland starting Saturday, September 24. He will be using the call sign 2M1EUB/P and weather permitting Paul will be...

AMSAT-NA BOD election results

AMSAT-NA BOD election results The 2011 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors election has been completed with the following results: Barry Baines, WD4ASW- 576 Tony Monteiro, AA2TX – 560 Alan Biddle, WA4SCA – 516 Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA – 418 Mark Hammond, N8MH...