by Peter Goodhall | Feb 28, 2014 | Daily Updates
The UK CubeSat Workshop, planned for Tuesday, May 13, 2014, will include presentations on the amateur radio satellites FUNcube-1 and UKube-1. The free workshop will take place at the Satellite Applications Catapult, Electron Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell OX11 0QR....
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 28, 2014 | Daily Updates
On Friday, February 28, 2014 at 0730 UT astronaut Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA deployed a batch of amateur radio CubeSats from the International Space Station (ISS). LituanicaSAT-1, LitSat-1, ArduSat-2 (2U), UAPSAT and the 915 MHz SkyCube were successfully ejected from a...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 27, 2014 | Daily Updates
On Thursday, February 27 at 1837 UT a cluster of Japanese amateur radio satellites were launched from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Tanegashima Space Center. At 1948 UT Francisco Jimenez-Martin Sanchez EA1JM received the 437.325 CW (A1A) beacon from the...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 27, 2014 | Daily Updates
The amateur radio CubeSat LituanicaSAT-1, call sign LY5N, was developed by students and young engineers from Vilnius University in Lithuania and should be deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, February 28 at 0730 UT and streamed live at...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 27, 2014 | Daily Updates
Updated information on the JAXA H-IIA F23 launch from Mineo Wakita JE9PEL. JAXA GPM Satellites Update Launch Time: 18:37 UT, 27 Feb 2014 Launch Site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan Launch Live: http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html Preliminary TLE Update STARS-II 1 88888U...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 26, 2014 | Daily Updates
The amateur radio CubeSat LitSat-1, call sign LY1LS, is planned to be deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, February 28 at 0730 UT. It carries a 435/145 MHz linear transponder for SSB/CW communications. The LitSat-1 team have issued this...
