by Peter Goodhall | Nov 9, 2014 | Daily Updates
William Leijenaar PE1RAH shows how people tracked satellites in the time before PC’s and AMSAT Argentina show how it’s done today. In the 1974 radio amateurs tracked OSCAR 7 (AO-7) using an OSCARLOCATOR that comprised a polar great circle map and overheads...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 8, 2014 | Daily Updates
Two of the five finalists for the Hackaday Prize involve amateur radio, the prize is a ticket to travel into space. Six months ago Hackaday challenged their readers to realize the future of open, connected devices. They have now announced the five finalists vying for...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 6, 2014 | Daily Updates
Malcolm Johnson of the United Kingdom has been elected as the ITU’s new Deputy Secretary-General at the 19th International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Plenipotentiary Conference in Busan, Korea. Wiki records that he has represented UK in several international...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 6, 2014 | Daily Updates
On Thursday, November 6 at 07:35:49 UT a Dnepr rocket carrying the primary payload Asnaro-1 and four microsatellites was launched from Dombarovsky near Yasny. Kosmotras report all spacecraft have been inserted into their target orbits. The four Japanese...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 4, 2014 | Daily Updates
The Dubai based Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST), in partnership with American University of Sharjah (AUS) are developing the UAE’s first CubeSat Mission, Nayif-1, which they hope will be launched on a Falcon 9 by the end of 2015. A...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 3, 2014 | Daily Updates
The minutes of the Final Plenary, 23rd IARU Region 1 General Conference have been released. The Conference approved these Youth budgets: a. Youth Projects – 25,000 Swiss Francs for the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 b. Youth Working Group – 2,000 Swiss Francs for the...
