by m0xtd | Mar 23, 2012 | Daily Updates
Astrobiology magazine posts a piece on the success of NASA’s O/OREOS mission that points out that serious science can be accomplished by tiny spacecraft: ‘The full success of the O/OREOS mission demonstrates convincingly that cubesats can be...
by m0xtd | Mar 21, 2012 | Daily Updates
On 21 and 22 March 2012 (Wednesday, Thursday) we will switch the satellite to silent mode again as a repetition of the last silent mode data aquisition. In silent mode, all RF transmission of the satellite is turned off, the satellite is only on reception. After these...
by m0xtd | Mar 20, 2012 | Daily Updates
The BBC report that the first satellite to be built in Scotland is due to be launched next year. BBC News say UKube-1 is being built at the West of Scotland Science Park in Maryhill, Glasgow and is expected to enter orbit in 2013. UKube-1 systems engineer Steve...
by m0xtd | Mar 20, 2012 | Daily Updates
On BBC Radio 4 Elon Musk of SpaceX speaks about his plans for flights to Mars. As well as Mars Elon talks about the Falcon 9-Heavy vehicle. This rocket will be substantially bigger than the simple variant due to fly next month, and should be capable of putting more...
by m0xtd | Mar 19, 2012 | Daily Updates
The Spring edition of the AMSAT-UK colour A4 newsletter OSCAR News is being posted to members this week. In this issue – Dick Daniels W4PUJ SK – VEGA Maiden Flight Report – My way to solve the TLE lottery by Mike DK3WN – Your Spacecraft...
