by m0xtd | Apr 30, 2012 | Daily Updates
Medgar Evers College students help develope ‘CubeSat’ for NASA communication satellite Eagerly await ‘CUNYSAT’ lift-off to test 3 year-long science experiment. For a little piece of equipment, the 4×4-inch cube tucked in an anti-static bag in a plastic lined...
by m0xtd | Apr 29, 2012 | Daily Updates
On April 28, 2012 the nanosatellite Delfi-C3 (DO-64) celebrated 4 years in orbit and is still alive and kicking! This 3-unit CubeSat, developed by the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands has been largely developed by students and performed technology...
by m0xtd | Apr 29, 2012 | Daily Updates
Ecuadors first satellite NEE-01 Pegasus is slated to launch from Yasny this October on the same DNEPR rocket as the AMSAT-UK FUNcube-1. NEE-01 Pegasus is a 1U CubeSat with two large (for a CubeSat) deployable solar panels and the Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency (EXA)...
by m0xtd | Apr 29, 2012 | Daily Updates
MAKE magazine publisher Dale Dougherty says we’re all makers at heart, and shows cool new tools to tinker with, like Arduinos, affordable 3D printers, even DIY satellites. The brief DIY satellite segment, with a picture of the Amateur Radio satellite OSCAR-7...
by m0xtd | Apr 29, 2012 | Daily Updates
First-MOVE is an amateur radio CubeSat being built by students at the Technical University of München. MOVE stands for München Orbital Verification Experiment. The 1U CubeSat carries a CCD camera and has two deployable solar panels carrying a new generation of solar...
