by Peter Goodhall | Nov 29, 2014 | Daily Updates
The Surrey Space Centre (SSC) are developing a 3U CubeSat SME-SAT expected to launch into a 550-620 km orbit using the ISIPOD CubeSat deployer. The mission objectives are: A: Outreach – The satellite will provide beacons for which amateur satellite users and ham...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 28, 2014 | Daily Updates
The launch of the amateur radio spacecraft Shin’en2 JG6YIG and ARTSAT2:DESPATCH JQ1ZNN has again been postponed and should now be 04:22:04 UT on Wednesday, December 3, 2014. The launch was broadcast live at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5TmrQ_ySfg starting at...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 27, 2014 | Daily Updates
In partnership with the UK Space Agency, BBC TV’s Blue Peter show asked young people to design a mission patch for UK astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI and received more than 3000 entries. The judges from the UK Space Agency, Blue Peter and ESA together chose their two...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 26, 2014 | Daily Updates
On Wednesday, November 26, Michael Johnson M0MJJ discussed the licensing of thousands of Pocket Spacecraft with the UK communications regulator Ofcom. The plan is that a 3U CubeSat will carry Pocket Spacecraft known as ‘Scouts’ to the Moon. A ‘Scout’ is a disk with...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 26, 2014 | Daily Updates
Goonhilly Earth Station (GES) Ltd are transforming the BT satellite communications site at Goonhilly into a new Space Science centre. The Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station is located on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall. It’s famous for many reasons, but perhaps most...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 24, 2014 | Daily Updates
SpinSat was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on September 21 in preparation for a subsequent deployment from the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM). Masahiro Arai JN1GKZ reported that SpinSat would be deployed, using the Cyclops deployment system, from...
