by m0xtd | Aug 21, 2012 | Daily Updates
This video is about the amateur radio F-1 CubeSat that is due to be deployed from the International Space Station in September by Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI using the ISS Kibo robot arm. It was broadcast on the Vietnamese TV station VTC2 and features...
by m0xtd | Aug 19, 2012 | Daily Updates
Despite a small war in Tajikistan Neil Melville PA9N and Helen Woolnough, driving their 9 year old 1.1 litre Fiat Panda, have now made it to Mongolia. On Sunday, August 19 their location was given as 46.37 N, 96.25 E. They are taking part in the Mongol Rally where...
by m0xtd | Aug 19, 2012 | Daily Updates
Ecuador’s first satellite NEE-01 Pegasus, built by the Ecuadorian Space Agency EXA, is currently planned to launch in the 1st quarter of 2013 on a DNEPR rocket from Yasny. The raw aluminum structure of the CubeSat was donated by Professor Bob Twiggs KE6QMD....
by m0xtd | Aug 18, 2012 | Daily Updates
The UK STRaND nanosat team have released this picture in which a volunteer from SSTL, Nimal Navarathinam VE3NML, finishes laying down the cells for the Earth-facing and Space-facing solar panels. STRaND stands for Surrey Training, Research and Nanosatellite...
by m0xtd | Aug 18, 2012 | Daily Updates
The JURBAN team not only hope to win the Google Lunar X-Prize by landing a robot on the Moon they also aim to inspire future generations to pursue Science, Technology Engineering and Math (STEM). Watch We are JURBAN [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw9uWc-1PQs]...
