by m0xtd | Jun 21, 2012 | Daily Updates
The amateur radio satellite AMSAT-OSCAR 7 was launched by a Delta rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base on November 15, 1974 and provided many years of service until it went silent from battery failure in mid 1981. For 21 years nothing more was heard until June 21,...
by m0xtd | Jun 21, 2012 | Daily Updates
The Women in STEM High School Aerospace Scholars (WISH) project is sponsoring two six-day summer camps for rising high school seniors that should feature a presentation by astronaut Shannon Walker KD5DXB and an Amateur Radio contact with the International Space...
by m0xtd | Jun 20, 2012 | Daily Updates
Have you ever wanted to build your own personal satellite but your last name doesn’t start with Gates or Branson? Well, now there’s good news. For the price of a car you can now build, test and launch your own personal satellite at home. Dr. Sandy Antunes,...
by m0xtd | Jun 20, 2012 | Daily Updates
ArduSat is an open-source arduino-based nanosatellite. It will have an extensive sensor-suite onboard and will allow users to upload their own code and run their own experiments. ArduSat will use a GomSpace NanoCom U482C which is a half-duplex UHF transceiver, capable...
by m0xtd | Jun 19, 2012 | Daily Updates
The amateur radio SwampSat satellite, built by students at the University of Florida (UF), featured in a TV news report. SwampSat’s primary objective is to demonstrate a compact three-axis attitude control system that permits rapid retargeting and precision pointing...
