by m0xtd | Mar 31, 2012 | Daily Updates
Imagine reaching the Moon using just a tenth of a liter of fuel. With their ionic motor, MicroThrust, EPFL scientists and their European partners are making this a reality, ushering in a new era of low-cost space exploration. Watch EPFL – A Couple Drops of Fuel...
by m0xtd | Mar 29, 2012 | Daily Updates
A long duration balloon mission that is using 6 Party Balloons to carry a 50 gram amateur radio 28.223 MHz CW beacon is hoping to go around the world. The ballon was released at 2330 UT (1930 EDT) March 29, from Annapolis in Maryland and started its journey heading SE...
by m0xtd | Mar 28, 2012 | Daily Updates
ESA have issued an update on the amateur radio CubeSats that were launched on February 13. Since the launch ESA’s Education Office has maintained frequent contacts with the student teams to follow the progress of their satellite operations. For each team, this is the...
by m0xtd | Mar 28, 2012 | Daily Updates
Two CubeSats, built by students at the Technical University of Berlin, are expected to launch in the 4th quarter of 2012 from Baikonour into a 575km circular 65 degree orbit. BEESAT-2 is a 1U cubesat project intended to test a reaction wheel and an Attitude...
by m0xtd | Mar 28, 2012 | Daily Updates
HumSAT-D is a 1U CubeSat mission developed by the University of Vigo. It is planning to use MSK telemetry and a CW beacon on UHF. The main mission is educational: to provide a hands-on experience to the students in the complete process of developing a space mission....
by m0xtd | Mar 28, 2012 | Daily Updates
I Newsletter 26 March 2012 In This Issue 1 Call for CubeSat Proposals for QB50 2 Ground Station Network and Frequency Allocation Working Group 3 Sensor Selection Working Group 4 Orbital Dynamics Working Group 5 GAMANET and GAMALINK 6 QB50 Workshops 7...
