by Peter Goodhall | Aug 21, 2013 | Daily Updates
“I can’t even be sure that the next time I breathe I will fill my lungs with air and not liquid” These are the words of Luca Parmitano KF5KDP / IR0ISS describing his recent space walk during which his spacesuit leaked. Read his blog – EVA 23:...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 20, 2013 | Daily Updates
The Age newspaper reports on Jonathan Oxer VK3FADO who has been developing the ArduSat CubeSats which carry amateur radio payloads The article, by Ben Grubb, says for the past 10 months, Jon VK3FADO has been involved in designing and building two crowd-funded...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 19, 2013 | Daily Updates
EDN magazine interviews Jasper Wolfe about the new Phonesats to be launched this year which will carry amateur radio payloads. The Phonesats were developed by young engineers (average age 23) at the NASA-Ames Research Center. The EDN article by Steve Taranovich says:...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 18, 2013 | Daily Updates
The launch date for the amateur radio FUNcube-1 satellite remains on schedule for November this year. Coming up this week, on August 22 at 14:39 UT, is the next DNEPR launch from Dombarovsky near Yasny so we are looking forward to the successful insertion of its...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 16, 2013 | Daily Updates
On the FUNcube Dongle Software Defined Radio site Howard G6LVB says: I’ll be away for a few days next week (19 August to 23 August), so as there will be a short delay in dispatch, I’m currently offering free shipping until I return if you place an order before I...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 16, 2013 | Daily Updates
The OPUSAT CubeSat, built by students at the Osaka Prefecture University Small Spacecraft Systems Research Center (SSSRC), will test Lithium-Ion Capacitors in space. Lithium-Ion Capacitors have a high energy density (reportedly 14 Wh/kg) and so could potentially be of...
