by m0xtd | May 27, 2012 | Daily Updates
Surrey-based researchers are to build Xbox Kinect hardware into twin satellites in an auto-docking experiment. The microsatellites, to be called STRaND-2, are being developed by University of Surrey and Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL), with the Kinect providing its...
by m0xtd | May 27, 2012 | Daily Updates
The AMSAT-UK net is held every Sunday morning at 10am local time on a nominal frequency of 3.780 MHz. Due to interference the net may move either side of that frequency so tune around. Newcomers are most welcome to call-in. You Dont have to be a AMSAT-UK member to...
by m0xtd | May 25, 2012 | Daily Updates
The UK Space Agency has released a YouTube video celebrating the UK’s 50 years in space Watch 50 Years of the UK in Space [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNvhjXh_53I]
by m0xtd | May 25, 2012 | Daily Updates
The Italian microsat UniSat-5 will itself deploy a number of additional amateur radio satellites. Among them should be the CubeSats PUCP-SAT-1, HumSat-D, Icube-1, Dove-4 (Planet Labs Inc. non-amateur) and PocketQubes Wren, Eagle-1 (BeakerSat), Eagle-2 ($50Sat),...
by m0xtd | May 25, 2012 | Daily Updates
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) would like to announce that the Small Demonstration Satellite-4 (SDS-4) completed its critical phase operations and moved to the initial phase. The SDS-4 was launched by the H-IIA F21 at 1:39 a.m. on May 18, 2012 (Japan...
