by Peter Goodhall | Oct 28, 2013 | Daily Updates
Four CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads will be deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) by the JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD). Pico Dragon, ArduSat-1 and ArduSat-2 will be deployed on Tuesday, November 19, and the fourth Cubesat,...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 27, 2013 | Daily Updates
It’s the Travel Bug® that’s taking the global Geocaching community on a rocket ride to space. Whether you’re in Mexico, the UK, Australia, or Korea you’re primed to join the Geocaching community in celebrating the spirit of exploration. There are more than 800...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 25, 2013 | Daily Updates
Dave Johnson G4DPZ is willing to give talks to local amateur radio clubs in the West Midlands and Warwickshire area about the new satellite FUNcube-1. In late November 2013 FUNcube-1 will be launched into Low Earth Orbit. On board will be a UHF/VHF Linear transponder...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 25, 2013 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-NL are pleased to announce a new version of the FUNcube Data Warehouse which will collect, collate, deduplicate and display data from FUNcube Dashboards running on user PCs (see section at end). The URL is: https://warehouse.funcube.org.uk/ The...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 24, 2013 | Daily Updates
Alexandra Abad, who is studying Mechanical Engineering at Cornell University, has asked for the help of radio amateurs around the world to try and detect signals on 437.405 MHz from the student built satellite CUSat which was launched on September 29, 2013 on a SpaceX...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 24, 2013 | Daily Updates
The tiny PocketQube satellite WREN, just 5x5x5 cm and weighing 250 grams, aims to transmit amateur radio Slow Scan TV (SSTV) pictures using the Martin-1 format. Despite its small size WREN is equipped with a camera, a gyro, a magnetic field sensor, momentum wheels and...
