by m0xtd | Aug 13, 2012 | Daily Updates
POPSAT-HIP1 is a 3U amateur radio CubeSat developed in Singapore. It aims to demonstrate the functionality of a high resolution optical payload and attitude control propulsion system. It will operate a 437.405 MHz downlink with 1k2-9k6 data using CCSDS format. A...
by m0xtd | Aug 10, 2012 | Daily Updates
In this 20 minute video Korean artist Hojun Song DS1SBO and Donghee Park describe the Open Source Satellite Initiative amateur radio CubeSat OSSI-1. OSSI-1 plans to launch on a Soyuz-2-1b rocket from the Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan along with the Bion-M1...
by m0xtd | Aug 9, 2012 | Daily Updates
George Boorer ZL3PN has been interviewed on Radio New Zealand because his name and amateur radio callsign is encoded on a chip aboard the Mars Rover Curiosity. The Radio New Zealand interview follows hard on the heels of an interview George gave to his local newspaper...
by m0xtd | Aug 9, 2012 | Daily Updates
The amateur radio CubeSat HORYU-2 has been successfully sending back images of the Earth. The team also report the high-voltage power experiment has generated 300 volts. Built by students at the Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT) HORYU-2 is 350 * 310 * 315 mm and...
by m0xtd | Aug 9, 2012 | Daily Updates
The RSGB amateur radio books VHF-UHF Manual and the Radio Communication Handbook were referenced by Korean satellite pioneer Sungdong Park when he made the first Korean satellite KitSAT-OSCAR-23 in early 90’s. On Wednesday, August 8, Sungdong Park, now CEO of...
