by Peter Goodhall | Mar 6, 2013 | Daily Updates
The 2013 Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, hosted by the American Astronautical Society (AAS) and co-hosted by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) took place in Kauai, Hawaii, February 10-14, 2013. At the meeting Deepti Kannapan presented her paper...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 1, 2013 | Daily Updates
In this video Palle Haastrup OZ1HIA, President of Euroluna (OZ9LUNA), describes their work towards a flight ready high tension power supply for the CubeSat Ion propulsion system. Euroluna are a Danish amateur team participating in the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 1, 2013 | Daily Updates
Jim Heck G3WGM, Honorary Secretary of AMSAT-UK and project lead on the FUNcube amateur radio satellite project, gave a presentation on FUNcube-1 to the UKSEDS National Student Space Conference (NSSC) that took place in Bristol on February 23-24. The Chair of UKSEDS,...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 1, 2013 | Daily Updates
TechNewsDaily contributor Rachel Kaufman interviewed James Cutler KF6RFX about two CubeSats that aim to travel into interplanetary space. The two Interplanetary NanoSpacecraft Pathfinder In Relevant Environment (INSPIRE) satellites measure just 10x10x30 cm and each...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 28, 2013 | Daily Updates
The IARU amateur radio satellite frequency coordination panel has announced the frequencies for the OSSI-1 CubeSat developed by Hojun Song DS1SBO. Artist and radio amateur Hojun Song DS1SBO has spent 7 years developing his Open Source Satellite Initiative satellite...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 28, 2013 | Daily Updates
Several CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads are planned to launch on the Antares-110 mission in April. On the CubeSat mailing list Jason Andrews President and CEO of both Spaceflight Inc and Andrews Space posted: Spaceflight Inc recently completed CubeSat...
