by Peter Goodhall | Aug 3, 2013 | Daily Updates
On Saturday, August 3 at 1948 UT the Japanese HTV-4 cargo vessel was successfully launched to the International Space Station (ISS). On-board were the HamTV transmitter and four CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads. The CubeSats will be deployed from the ISS by...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 2, 2013 | Daily Updates
The Mars rover Curiosity was launched from Cape Canaveral on November 26, 2011, at 15:02 UT aboard the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft and successfully landed on Aeolis Palus in Gale Crater on Mars on August 6, 2012, 05:17 UT. Venture Beat reports that two...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 31, 2013 | Daily Updates
The ARRL report that AMSAT has asked the federal government to confirm that the Amateur Satellite Service will not be subject to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), as a result of export control reforms now underway. The ARRL news story says: In May the...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 31, 2013 | Daily Updates
In edition 683 of Jonathan’s Space Report (JSR) Jonathan McDowell provides the history of the spacesuit of radio amateur Luca Parmitano KF5KDP which developed a water leak inside the helmet during a spacewalk on July 9, 2013. The spacewalk was abandoned and he...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 28, 2013 | Daily Updates
Masa JN1GKZ reports on four CubeSats that are being sent to the International Space Station on August 4, 2013. The Japanese space agency JAXA has announced that four CubeSats will be deployed from the ISS by the JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD). The four...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 28, 2013 | Daily Updates
A time-lapse video of the first of two Maximum Power Point Tracker channels being populated by the Rochester Institute of Technology senior design ground P13271. The prototype maximum power point tracker used to optimize the power output of the solar panels on the...
