by Peter Goodhall | Nov 8, 2013 | Daily Updates
The FUNcube-1 launch service provider, ISIS Launch Services, has been very busy at Yasny these past few days. They have been integrating all their charges into ISIPODs and then mounting the ISIPODs onto the SHM (Space Head Module). On Thursday, November 8 the ISIPOD...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 8, 2013 | Daily Updates
The largest ever launch of satellites carrying amateur radio payloads should take place on November 21, 2013 at 07:10:11 UT on a Dnepr from Dombarovsky near Yasny. One of the satellites UniSat-5 will itself deploy a number of additional satellites. Among them should...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 7, 2013 | Daily Updates
Thanks to the very good work of Richard Limebear G3RWL the first edition of the “FUNcube Handbook” is now available. The handbook provides an initial introduction to the project overall and the FUNcube-1 spacecraft in particular. An updated edition may be available...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 6, 2013 | Daily Updates
Hans van de Groenendaal ZS6AKV gave a presentation “SA AMSAT Turns to Innovation for its Cubesat” at the 2013 AMSAT Space Symposium in Houston, Texas, on Saturday, November 2, 2013. The mission aim of the KLETSkous Cubesat is to give Radio Amateurs in...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 5, 2013 | Daily Updates
UK amateur radio exams have now moved over to optical marking, this video describes the new system. Paul Whatton G4DCV has re-edited an earlier video to produce this presentation about the Optical Marking System by Alan Betts G0HIQ Chief Examiner for the Radio...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 5, 2013 | Daily Updates
Dmitry Pashkov UB4UAD reports that the Soyuz-2-1B/Fregat-M is now expected to launch from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on March 27, 2014. The launcher will carry the satellites Meteor-M number 2, MCA-PN2 (Relek), M3MSat, UKube-1, SkySat-2, TechDemoSat-1, AISSat-2 and DX -1....
