by Peter Goodhall | Sep 22, 2015 | Daily Updates
Andrew Garratt M0NRD plans to launch Pinky Pig into near-space along with several 434 MHz transmitters on Saturday, September 26 from the National Hamfest at the Newark Showground. The launch had been planned for Friday but the weather has forced the postponement. If...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 20, 2015 | Daily Updates
Nine XW-2/CAS-3 amateur radio satellites were successfully launched on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 23:01:14 UT on Beijing’s new Chang Zheng 6 (CZ-6) rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC) in Shanxi. Six satellites (designated XW-2A to XW-2F) carry...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 20, 2015 | Daily Updates
LilacSat-2 (CAS-3H) was launched along with eight other XW-2/CAS-3 amateur radio satellites on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 23:01:14 UT on Beijing’s new Chang Zheng 6 (CZ-6) rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The satellite, built by students at the...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 17, 2015 | Daily Updates
On September 17, 2015 the Brazilian SERPENS CubeSat carrying an amateur radio payload, call sign PY0ESA, was deployed from the International Space Station (ISS). SERPENS is a 3U CubeSat which was developed by students at the University of Brasilia and focuses on...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 16, 2015 | Daily Updates
UPDATE: Launch was postponed by one day due to technical reasons now Saturday, September 19 at 2300 UT. Alan Kung BA1DU has posted this launch information for the XW-2 (CAS-3) satellites: Launch time: 23:00:00 UT on 2015-09-19 The satellites should separate from...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 16, 2015 | Daily Updates
Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP reports that he and his15 year old daughter, Sakshi Vagadia VU3EXP, have each received ISS Apollo-Soyuz SSTV Awards for their reception of Slow Scan Television images transmitted using amateur radio from the International Space Station (ISS)....
