by m0xtd | Apr 24, 2012 | Daily Updates
NASA Ames Research Center continues work on its PhoneSat project, which is demonstrating the ability to build very-low-cost satellites using Android smartphones as processors. Ames has built two versions of the PhoneSat – PhoneSat 1, which costs about $3500, and...
by m0xtd | Apr 23, 2012 | Daily Updates
The Spring CubeSat workshop held April 18-20 proved a great success and videos of the event are now available. Spring Workshop Videos http://mediasite01.ceng.calpoly.edu/Mediasite/Catalog/pages/catalog.aspx?catalogId=64b6f338-8445-475b-9062-84c90d54ff45 Spring...
by m0xtd | Apr 23, 2012 | Daily Updates
1. Study on Forcast of Localied Downpour and TornadoIn-orbit experiments of an original observation method of atmospheric water vapor. 2. Take Earth Live Images from Space Ku-band high-speed data transmission, one shot / a few seconds. 3. Basic Experiments for LEO...
by m0xtd | Apr 22, 2012 | Daily Updates
Over 150 students at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have worked on the innovative nanosat project VELOX-I. VELOX-I consists of two satellites: a 3U nano-satellite N-Sat and a 1U pico-satellite P-Sat. N-Sat is developed to be a robust satellite bus...
by m0xtd | Apr 22, 2012 | Daily Updates
Sixteen educational satellites are under construction in Japan. The first should be launched in May 2012 followed by the others over the next two years. The first to launch is the amateur radio satellite HORYU-2 built by students at the Kyushu Institute of Technology...