by m0xtd | Mar 26, 2012 | Daily Updates
When we first founded TAMSAT, Association of Amateur Satellite Technologies approximately two years ago, we have made a big commitment. Our commitment was to develop technology in Turkey, not any technology, but a complex one related to space systems. I am sure during...
by m0xtd | Mar 25, 2012 | Daily Updates
The amateur radio STRaND-1 smartphone CubeSat is a joint project between SSTL and the Surrey Space Centre (SSC). It’s not only its smartphone that makes it exceptional. Engineers at the Surrey Space Centre have also developed a unique mass and power saving plasma...
by m0xtd | Mar 25, 2012 | Daily Updates
They are constantly circling hundreds of miles above our heads, driving our daily lives – yet we barely give satellites a second thought. Satellite engineer Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock Ph.D., MBE wants to change all that. She wants to make us realise and appreciate...
by m0xtd | Mar 25, 2012 | Daily Updates
The WebSDR receiver located at the Astronomical Observatory Department of “Stefan cel Mare” University in Suceava, Romania has provided coverage of the 3.5 MHz band. Now coverage of 437.470 – 437.515 MHz has been added enabling the Romanian amateur...
by m0xtd | Mar 24, 2012 | Daily Updates
At the Education Exhibition Fair held in the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) young people where able to take part in making a CanSat. The CanSat was then launched on a helium balloon and transmitted back video pictures. Watch KARI CanSat (in Korean) [youtube...
by m0xtd | Mar 24, 2012 | Daily Updates
UKube-1 is a 3U CubeSat being designed and produced by Clyde Space for the UK Space Agency. UKube-1 is the UK’s first CubeSat and will fly a total of 6 independent payloads. This news piece was prepared by the BBC covering Clyde Space and the UKube-1 mission....
