by m0xtd | May 17, 2012 | Daily Updates
The amateur radio satellite HORYU-2 was successfully launched on Thursday, May 17 at 1639 UT and its signals have been received by radio amateurs around the world. Built by students at the Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT) HORYU-2 is 350 * 310 * 315 mm and has a...
by m0xtd | May 17, 2012 | Daily Updates
LU7AA brings news that on Saturday May 19 from 11hs-LU on (GMT-3), a free Balloon UV Repeater will fly from the city of General Pico (Airport), Province of La Pampa, Argentina, 571 Km west of Buenos Aires City. See details and photos...
by m0xtd | May 16, 2012 | Daily Updates
The launch of amateur radio satellite HORYU-2 on Thursday, May 17 at 1639 UT will be broadcast live on the Internet. On the same launch will be the JAXA climate observation satellite SHIZUKU (GCOM-W). The launch broadcast will commence at 1610 UT and can be seen at...
by m0xtd | May 15, 2012 | Daily Updates
The May 14, 2012 edition of the Metro newspaper carried a story by Ben Gilliland on pages 26-27 about CubeSats. Among those mentioned is the UK amateur radio Android smartphone CubeSat STRaND-1 which is being built by volunteers at the Surrey Space Centre (SSC). The...
by m0xtd | May 13, 2012 | Daily Updates
Go Erie reports on the work of students from Penn State Behrend who have been building part of a satellite for AMSAT. The report says: The trio speaks the language of supercapacitors and charges cycles, and they offer informed views on how circuit boards can shed...
by Peter Goodhall | May 13, 2012 | Daily Updates
Go Erie reports on the work of students from Penn State Behrend who have been building part of a satellite for AMSAT. The report says: The trio speaks the language of supercapacitors and charges cycles, and they offer informed views on how circuit boards can shed...
