by m0xtd | Jul 27, 2012 | Daily Updates
The Google Lunar X-Prize team Part-Time Scientists delivered a presentation Not your Grandfathers moon landing at the Chaos Communication Congress. The YouTube description reads: Karsten Becker, Robert Böhme: Not your Grandfathers moon landing Hell yeah, it’s...
by m0xtd | Jul 27, 2012 | Daily Updates
An English language NHK TV news story covers the amateur radio CubeSat FITSAT-1 also known as NIWAKA which launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on July 21. FITSAT-1 has multiple downlinks, CW on 437.250 MHz, AX.25 on 437.445 MHz and a 4 watt high speed...
by m0xtd | Jul 26, 2012 | Daily Updates
In the July 17 ARISS meeting Kenneth Ransom N5VHO reported that his group is in the final stages of preparing the certification for flight of the replacement hardware for the degraded Ericsson VHF [145 MHz] radio. The Ericsson rig is part of the second ISS amateur...
by m0xtd | Jul 26, 2012 | Daily Updates
The amateur radio CubeSat OSSI is planned to launch in December according to an Antara News article. [UPDATE rocket launch has been delayed and may now be April 2013] The article describes how Korean artist Hojun Song DS1SBO developed his own home made satellite and...
by m0xtd | Jul 26, 2012 | Daily Updates
The British Interplanetary Society are seeking nominations for this years Sir Arthur Clarke Awards. In recognition of notable or outstanding contributions made to all space activities, the Sir Arthur Clarke Awards have been presented annually since 2005. In the past...
by m0xtd | Jul 25, 2012 | Daily Updates
YNN (channel 9) reports on an “out of this world” amateur radio contact between campers attending RIT’s Everyday Engineering Program in Rochester and astronaut Sunita Williams KD5PLB Sunita was operating the Kenwood TM-D700 ham radio station located...
