by Peter Goodhall | Nov 19, 2013 | Daily Updates
Astronaut Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA deployed the CubeSats ArduSat-1, ArduSat-X along with Pico Dragon from the International Space Station at 1218 UT on Tuesday, November 19. Pico Dragon was developed by the Việt Nam National Satellite Center (VNSC), University of Tokyo...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 19, 2013 | Daily Updates
These are the preliminary Keplerian Two-Line Elements (TLEs) for the beaconing CubeSats on the ORS-3 Minotaur-1 launch from the Wallops Flight Facility assuming a liftoff time of 2013-11-20 00:30:00 UT. The P-POD position designation in the TLE name can be looked up...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 18, 2013 | Daily Updates
The Delfi-n3Xt has a 435/145 MHz linear transponder and is on the November 21 Dnepr launch. Jasper PC4JB sends this update: Dear radio amateurs, We have made some changes to the webserver and the telemetry client to resolve some issues with the connection as stated...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 18, 2013 | Daily Updates
ISC Kosmotras report that on November 15, 2013, the Dnepr Space Head Module with the satellites was transported to the launch pad and mounted on the launch vehicle. The final checkout and tests of the launch vehicle with the SHM are presently in progress. The launch...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 18, 2013 | Daily Updates
Nick K5QXJ writes: On November 20 at 0030 GMT the CAPE II satellite is scheduled to be launched. CAPE stands for Cajun Advanced Picosat Experiment and is a completely nonprofit and student run organization which develops and builds picosatellites. The frequencies are...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 17, 2013 | Daily Updates
The AMSAT-SM website has an article on the dual-band omni-directional 145/435 MHz Slim Jim antenna developed by N9TAX. Lars SM0TGU comments that the antenna works great for satellite passes below 30 degrees elevation, but signals are considerably weaker on high...
