by Peter Goodhall | Dec 2, 2013 | Daily Updates
Benjamin Longmier KF5KMP and James Cutler KF6RFX of the University of Michigan have launched a Kickstarter to raise funding to develop a CubeSat Ambipolar Thruster (CAT). The project’s Kickstarter page says: Space exploration has traditionally been expensive,...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 1, 2013 | Daily Updates
Craig Kief KE5VSH posted this on the AMSAT Bulletin Board (AMSAT-BB):Jin KB3UKS and I launched two CubeSats a week or so ago. The first is Trailblazer (mine) and the second is DragonSat (Jins). Trailblazer is from the Configurable Space Research at the University of...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 1, 2013 | Daily Updates
The N2YO satellite tracking website provides live video streaming from the International Space Station (ISS) alongside a track showing the position of the ISS over the Earth. The Ustream video from the station is available only when the complex is in contact with the...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 1, 2013 | Daily Updates
Founded in 1975 AMSAT-UK is a voluntary organisation that supports the design and building of equipment for Amateur Radio Satellites. AMSAT-UK initially produced a short bulletin called OSCAR News to give members advice on amateur satellite communications. Since those...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 1, 2013 | Daily Updates
The WREN Team have released a video showing you how to use the WREN Decoder/Commander App. The tiny PocketQube satellite WREN is just 5x5x5 cm yet is equipped with a camera for Slow Scan TV (SSTV) using the Martin-1 format, a gyro, a magnetic field sensor, momentum...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 30, 2013 | Daily Updates
To start with a few stats: From the acquisition of the first signal by ZS1LS on Thursday, November 21 we have had a steady stream of data flowing in. A few Data Warehouse statistics as at 12:00 UT, Nov. 28, 2013: – over 12MB of unique data uploaded and stored...
