by Peter Goodhall | Jan 12, 2014 | Daily Updates
The responses to Ofcom’s coonsultation on sharing spectrum in the 2.3, 2.4, 3.4 and 5 GHz Amateur and Amateur-Satellite Service allocations are now available. The joint RSGB, UK Microwave Group, AMSAT-UK and BATC response says: The amateur and amateur satellite...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 11, 2014 | Daily Updates
BBC News reports that Channel 4 TV is to screen a live broadcast featuring a complete orbit of the International Space Station (ISS), later this year. The show, hosted by Dermot O’Leary, will link live to the astronauts from mission control in Houston as they...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 10, 2014 | Daily Updates
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have announced the launch date, Feb. 28 JST, for the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 23 (H-IIA F23) with the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) core observatory along with seven amateur...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 9, 2014 | Daily Updates
On Thursday, January 9 at 1807 UT an Antares rocket launched the Cygnus freighter carrying a cargo of CubeSats to the International Space Station. There are four amateur radio CubeSats LituanicaSat-1, LitSat-1, ArduSat-2 and UAPSat-1. Also onboard is the 915 MHz...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 8, 2014 | Daily Updates
The high radiation level from recent solar eruptions has resulted in a planned launch of amateur radio CubeSats being postponed. NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility say: Early on Wednesday, January 8 the Antares launch team decided to scrub the launch attempt due to...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 8, 2014 | Daily Updates
UNSA-SAT1 hopes to be the first CubeSat to make use of the 3400 MHz ITU Amateur-Satellite Service allocation. Built by students at the Instituto Astronómico y Aeroespacial Pedro Paulet in Peru, UNSA-SAT1 is a 2U spacecraft (20x10x10cm) which will be part of the QB50...
