by m0xtd | Aug 29, 2012 | Daily Updates
NanoRacks is involved with the amateur radio F-1 CubeSat due to be deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) in September. This video shows NanoRacks CEO Jeff Manber at a TEDx presentation at the International Space University. Jeff Manber, CEO of NanoRacks,...
by m0xtd | Aug 28, 2012 | Daily Updates
This Friday morning, August 31, you should be able to receive the International Space Station using either a handheld with 1/4 wave whip or a scanner with an external discone antenna. On Friday, August 31, 2012 at 11.23 UT, which is 12.23 BST or 13.23 CEST, an ARISS...
by m0xtd | Aug 26, 2012 | Daily Updates
Korean artist Hojun Song DS1SBO traveled to Malmö in Sweden to give this keynote presentation about his innovative amateur radio CubeSat OSSI-1 to the Media Evolution Conference on August 23. OSSI-1 has a beacon in the 145 MHz band and a data communications...
by m0xtd | Aug 25, 2012 | Daily Updates
The amateur radio CubeSat designed and built by students at the Cape Peninsular University of Technology in Bellville is expected to launch in the 4th quarter of 2013. Still known by its engineering name ZACUBE-1, the satellite will be shipped in the next few weeks to...
by m0xtd | Aug 25, 2012 | Daily Updates
Watch NewsyTech – Satellites Powered By Smartphones? Yep, and Cheap [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVskg4jkarw] NASA Ames Research Center has built two versions of the amateur radio PhoneSat – PhoneSat 1, which costs about $3500, and PhoneSat 2, which...
