by m0xtd | Feb 3, 2012 | Daily Updates
The UK Space Agency has announced plans to launch its first satellite – if it can find the right spaceship to catch a lift from. The tiny UKube-1 will carry a variety of scientific experiments when it eventually gets off the ground later this year. The...
by m0xtd | Feb 3, 2012 | Daily Updates
Students at the University of Khartoum are undertaking a CubeSat project KN-SAT1 and Nader, ST2NH. has made a video of their recently completed ground station. KN-SAT1 is the first CubeSat to be built in Sudan. Its objectives are: To give students at Sudanese...
by m0xtd | Feb 2, 2012 | Daily Updates
Qtmm is a simple AFSK1200 decoder that uses the computer’s sound card for input. It can be used to decode packet radio, APRS and telemetry from OSCAR and Cubesats. Testing shows a good performance in monitoring the International space station APRS Beacon....
by m0xtd | Feb 1, 2012 | Daily Updates
The Vega (Vettore Europeo di Generazione Avanzata) is a new-generation launch vehicle being developed jointly by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the European Space Agency (ESA) for Arianespace. Vega is named after the second brightest star in the northern...
by m0xtd | Jan 31, 2012 | Daily Updates
The student built amateur radio microsatellite, Horyu-2, featuring a High Voltage (300v) Solar Array experiment and an onboard camera is planned to launch on an H-2A rocket in the Summer. Built by students at the Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT) HORYU-2 is 350 *...
