by m0xtd | Apr 23, 2012 | Daily Updates
1. Study on Forcast of Localied Downpour and TornadoIn-orbit experiments of an original observation method of atmospheric water vapor. 2. Take Earth Live Images from Space Ku-band high-speed data transmission, one shot / a few seconds. 3. Basic Experiments for LEO...
by m0xtd | Apr 22, 2012 | Daily Updates
Over 150 students at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have worked on the innovative nanosat project VELOX-I. VELOX-I consists of two satellites: a 3U nano-satellite N-Sat and a 1U pico-satellite P-Sat. N-Sat is developed to be a robust satellite bus...
by m0xtd | Apr 22, 2012 | Daily Updates
Sixteen educational satellites are under construction in Japan. The first should be launched in May 2012 followed by the others over the next two years. The first to launch is the amateur radio satellite HORYU-2 built by students at the Kyushu Institute of Technology...
by m0xtd | Apr 22, 2012 | Daily Updates
The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) inexplicably applies to amateur radio satellites. It threatens US hams with jail terms or six figure fines if they cooperate with amateurs outside the USA on satellite projects. Cooperation includes talking about or...
by m0xtd | Apr 21, 2012 | Daily Updates
Sponsor plaques have now been fitted in the reception to the RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park. Dave Johnson G4DPZ is one of a number of individuals and organisations who either gave freely of their time or supplied equipment to make the National Radio...
by m0xtd | Apr 20, 2012 | Daily Updates
NASA report that last month, when the sun unleashed the most intense radiation storm since 2003, peppering satellites with charged particles and igniting strong auroras around both poles, a group of high school students in Bishop, California, knew just what to do....
