by m0xtd | Feb 11, 2012 | Daily Updates
The launch of eight student amateur radio satellites from the space center at Kourou in the Caribbean will be broadcast live on the Internet. The launch should take place between 1000-1300 UT on Monday, February 13 and you’ll be able to watch it at...
by m0xtd | Feb 11, 2012 | Daily Updates
Project ELaNa, NASA’s ‘Educational Launch of NanoSat’ managed by theĀ Launch Services Program at the Kennedy Space Center, announced on February 10 that the AMSAT Fox-1 CubeSat has been selected to join the program. NASA will work with AMSAT in a...
by m0xtd | Feb 10, 2012 | Daily Updates
The 2300-2450 MHz band in Sweden is under threat. As part of the consultation process the Swedish national society, SSA, has submitted it’s response to the regulator, the PTS. SSA argues that the amateur service should remain in the 2.3 GHz band. Wideband...
by m0xtd | Feb 10, 2012 | Daily Updates
NASA Earth scientist Melissa Dawson has created a stunningĀ time-lapse video of the Northern Lights. She came up with the idea in August after seeing pictures that were taken three seconds apart from the ISS as it moved along the eastern coast of North and South...
by m0xtd | Feb 10, 2012 | Daily Updates
In this video Roger Walker, Head of education projects unit, ESA, talks about the CubeSats that will be on the first launch of the Vega rocket, planned to take place between 10:00 and 12:00 UT on Monday, February 13. The video shows the integration of the CubeSats in...