ISS Ham Video commissioning postponed

ESA have postponed the International Space Station (ISS) Ham Video Commissioning until March 8. Possible dates for the four Commissioning steps are March 8 (step 1), March 9 (step 2), and March 16 (step 3). Step 3 could be turned into step 4. These dates are all on...

Ham radio CubeSat deployment postponed

The deployment of amateur radio CubeSats from the International Space Station (ISS) planned for Thursday, February 6 has been postponed. NASA say: Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA spent his morning working in the Japanese Kibo module to install a deployer...

Outernet – Shortwave radio from space

Outernet is described as the modern version of shortwave radio broadcast from space. It is planned that the Outernet will consist of a constellation of hundreds of low-cost, CubeSats in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Each satellite receives data streams from a network of...

NASA Challenge – CubeSat around the Moon

The Centennial Challenges Program is NASAs flagship program for technology prize competitions (http://www.nasa.gov/challenges). The program is an integral part of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate, which is innovating, developing, testing, and flying...

Ham radio CubeSats to deploy Thursday

Several amateur radio CubeSats will be deployed from the International Space Station on Thursday, February 6, 2014. On Thursday, January 9 at 1807 UT an Antares rocket launched the Cygnus freighter carrying a cargo of CubeSats to the International Space Station. Since...

Warwick WUSAT2 CubeSat on the BBC

Bill Crofts was interviewed on the BBC about the WUSAT2 CubeSat being built by engineering students at University of Warwick. The CubeSat is planned to launch on a sub-orbital rocket from Norway in March/April 2015. The interview was broadcast on BBC Coventry and...