Updated FUNcube-1 Dashboard Software

The FUNcube Team are pleased to announce the latest version of the Dashboard Software. Version 820 can be downloaded from http://funcube.org.uk/working-documents/funcube-telemetry-dashboard/ The major change in Version v820 centres on improved decoding routines which...

QB50 CubeSat Launch Contract Signed

The 7th QB50 workshop opened on Tuesday with the announcement that on Monday, January 27, 2014, the Von Karman Institute of Belgium signed the launch contract with Alcantara Cyclone Space for the launch of the QB50 constellation of 50 2U CubeSats into a 350 km low...

$50SAT Effect of temperature on battery

The following information was posted to the $50SAT (437.505 MHz) PocketQube Yahoo Group: This is the data from a pass a couple of weeks ago. By noting the audio frequency of the Morse audio, you know what the battery voltage is, so this can be used together with the...

2014 UK CubeSat Workshop

The UK CubeSat Workshop, planned for Tuesday, May 13, 2014, will include presentations on the amateur radio satellites FUNcube-1 and UKube-1. The workshop will take place at the Satellite Applications Catapult, Electron Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell OX11 0QR. Graham...

FUNcube at National Student Space Conference

David Johnson G4DPZ will be giving a presentation on the FUNcube-1 (AO-73) spacecraft to the National Student Space Conference being held at the University of Leicester on March 1-2. David is a software engineer and committee member of AMSAT-UK. He writes Open-Source...