by m0xtd | Aug 23, 2011 | Daily Updates
The latest Earth observation satellites from UK small satellite manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) were successfully launched today at 07:12:20 UTC onboard a Dnepr rocket from Yasny in southern Russia. NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X will...
by m0xtd | Aug 22, 2011 | Daily Updates
It has been reported that ARISSat-1 is in Emergency Mode in an attempt to conserve power. 10:24 UTC 22 August 2011
by m0xtd | Aug 19, 2011 | Daily Updates
Herbert DL4SDR used an AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle VHF/UHF software defined radio to receive a weather satellite picture in the 136-138 MHz band. On the FUNcube Yahoo Group he writes: Today [August 19] I received a picture from NOAA 15 WX satellite with simple...
by m0xtd | Aug 17, 2011 | Daily Updates
Thanks to the hard work of volunteers from the British Amateur Television Club (BATC) 14 videos of the presentations given to the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium held in Guildford during July 30-31, 2011 are now available online. The Chair of BATC Trevor Brown...
by m0xtd | Aug 17, 2011 | Daily Updates
A 6U Canisterized Satellite Dispenser was displayed at the recent Small Satellites conference that will allow larger CubeSats to be deployed. Canisterized Satellite Dispensers (CSDs) are boxes that small payloads (CubeSats) are housed in during launch and dispensed...
