by m0xtd | Apr 26, 2012 | Daily Updates
The United Kingdom sent up its first satellite 50 years ago when Ariel 1 launched on April 26, 1962. To celebrate the occassion BBC News interviewed radio amateur Sir Martin Sweeting G3YJO. The launch of the joint UK/US satellite Ariel-1, also known as UK-1, made the...
by m0xtd | Apr 25, 2012 | Daily Updates
We are pleased to announce very successful contact of Balaklava school (Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine) with International Space Station. More than 100 children came to take part of the evening event on April 11, 2012 in Balaklava – very unique place with interesting...
by m0xtd | Apr 24, 2012 | Daily Updates
A new ESA nanosat aiming for a 2015 launch plans to provide a platform to test software in space. Space software rarely runs the latest operating systems, languages or interfaces. It is selected for its proven, rock-solid reliability rather than its use of the latest...
by m0xtd | Apr 24, 2012 | Daily Updates
NASA Ames Research Center continues work on its PhoneSat project, which is demonstrating the ability to build very-low-cost satellites using Android smartphones as processors. Ames has built two versions of the PhoneSat – PhoneSat 1, which costs about $3500, and...
by m0xtd | Apr 23, 2012 | Daily Updates
The Spring CubeSat workshop held April 18-20 proved a great success and videos of the event are now available. Spring Workshop Videos http://mediasite01.ceng.calpoly.edu/Mediasite/Catalog/pages/catalog.aspx?catalogId=64b6f338-8445-475b-9062-84c90d54ff45 Spring...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 23, 2012 | Daily Updates
The Spring CubeSat workshop held April 18-20 proved a great success and videos of the event are now available. Spring Workshop Videos http://mediasite01.ceng.calpoly.edu/Mediasite/Catalog/pages/catalog.aspx?catalogId=64b6f338-8445-475b-9062-84c90d54ff45 Spring...
