by Peter Goodhall | Feb 8, 2013 | Daily Updates
This HD video, made by Sylvain Draux F0FVK, features the amateur radio satellite Fuji-OSCAR-29 (JAS-2). The video was shown at the Amateur Radio Fair held in Pordenone, Italy on November 17-18, 2012. The 50kg satellite FO-29 was launched on August 17, 1996 from the...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 7, 2013 | Daily Updates
The BBC report that the world’s first “smartphone-sat” STRaND-1 is ready to launch at the end of February. The satellite was built in Guildford by volunteers from the Surrey Space Centre (SSC) and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) in their...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 7, 2013 | Daily Updates
The Hindu newspaper reports that the first launch of the year by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be the PSLV-CA (PSLV-C20). It will carry the ocean study spacecraft SARAL as well as satellites carrying amateur radio payloads. The launch into a 785...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 6, 2013 | Daily Updates
The Herald newspaper reports that the CubeSat UKube-1 will be launched in June, 2013. The spacecraft is being built for the UK Space Agency (UKSA) by Clyde Space and the launch will take place from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on a Soyuz-2 along with TechDemoSat-1....
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 6, 2013 | Daily Updates
Five new CubeSats being developed in Taiwan, Vietnam and the United States are hoping to fly during 2013. Taiwan – PACE PACE is the first nanosatellite developed the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) of Taiwan and has the objective to provide a platform for...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 2, 2013 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-UK will be providing a 1260/145 MHz FM transponder and a 145 MHz BPSK telemetry beacon for the European Student Earth Orbiter (ESEO). This is the third mission within the European Space Agency’s Education Satellite Programme. The satellite, which has a...
