by Peter Goodhall | Oct 13, 2013 | Daily Updates
The first CubeSats of the planned QB50 satellite constellation have applied to the IARU for frequency coordination. QB50 has the scientific objective to study in situ the temporal and spatial variations of a number of key constituents and parameters in the lower...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 12, 2013 | Daily Updates
The UK newspaper the Daily Mail reports on a Glasgow-based start-up Alba Orbital which has recently begun creating and selling the building blocks for tiny satellites named ‘PocketQubes’ Read the story at...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 12, 2013 | Daily Updates
Artur SP3OSJ has launched an amateur radio solar powered pico balloon on 437.700 MHz USB from Poland which should be over the UK on Sunday, October 13. Also on its way is another pico balloon SP3UOB on 437.5966 MHz USB. The SP3OSJ balloon, launched at about 06:01 UT...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 10, 2013 | Daily Updates
Dave Johnson G4DPZ will be giving a presentation on the amateur radio AMSAT-UK FUNcube-1 and UK Space Agency (UKSA) UKube-1 satellites to the RSGB Convention on Saturday. The presentation will take place from 16:45-17:30 in the Cook 2 room at Horwood House, MK17 0PH...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 10, 2013 | Daily Updates
James Coxon M6JCX brings news of the UK High Altitude Society Arctic Challenge. This is a challenge open to launch a balloon/payload from the UK that crosses the Arctic Circle before the next UKHAS Conference in September 2014. The challenge will require both...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 9, 2013 | Daily Updates
Radio amateurs around the world took part in an experiment with NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it did a flyby of Earth. NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew past Earth on Wednesday, October 9, 2013 to receive a gravity assist from our planet, putting it on course for Jupiter....
