by Peter Goodhall | Jul 11, 2014 | Daily Updates
The Surrey Electronics and Amateur Radio Society (EARS) have received the Special Interest Society of the Year award. The Society say “Surrey EARS has been working hard to be one of the best societies on campus and this year our work has been officially...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 11, 2014 | Daily Updates
Radio amateur Philip Crump M0DNY plans a number of High Altitude Balloon (HAB) flights this weekend transmitting Slow Scan Digital Video (SSDV). The launches will take place from Gilwell Park near Epping Forest and the balloons are expected to land around Chelmsford...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 9, 2014 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-DL report a team of engineers, space enthusiasts and radio amateurs have succeeded in firing the thrusters of the NASA-abandoned ISEE-3/ICE spacecraft. The plan on Tuesday, July 8, was to fire the thrusters for a total of 7 sequences with breaks for telemetry...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 8, 2014 | Daily Updates
The UKube-1 satellite was successfully launched on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at 1558 UT from Pad 31/6 at Baikonur in Kazakhstan. The 145.840 MHz beacon signal was received by the UKube team in Chilbolton at 19:16 UT. It had been expected the first signal would be received...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 7, 2014 | Daily Updates
The University of Birmingham reports that Graham Kirkby, a PhD student in the Space Environment and Radio Engineering group, School of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering, has won the prize for the best student presentation at the 2014 UK CubeSat Forum...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 4, 2014 | Daily Updates
The DX-1 satellite, built by Dauria Aerospace, launches from Pad 31/6 at Baikonur in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at 15:58:28 UT. It weighs 27 kg and is 40x40x30 cm. Dauria Aerospace have posted the following information: Finally, close to the accomplishment of...
