by m0xtd | Mar 20, 2012 | Daily Updates
On BBC Radio 4 Elon Musk of SpaceX speaks about his plans for flights to Mars. As well as Mars Elon talks about the Falcon 9-Heavy vehicle. This rocket will be substantially bigger than the simple variant due to fly next month, and should be capable of putting more...
by m0xtd | Mar 19, 2012 | Daily Updates
The Spring edition of the AMSAT-UK colour A4 newsletter OSCAR News is being posted to members this week. In this issue – Dick Daniels W4PUJ SK – VEGA Maiden Flight Report – My way to solve the TLE lottery by Mike DK3WN – Your Spacecraft...
by m0xtd | Mar 18, 2012 | Daily Updates
Just a reminder of the launch Fund that has been created for the FUNcube-1 Cubesat Satellite, all donations are very much appreciated, and will help towards the cost of launching the FUNcube-1 satellite in 2012. AMSAT-UK FUNcube-1 Launch...
by m0xtd | Mar 17, 2012 | Daily Updates
The Russian government will guide the large Express — AM4 telecommunications satellite, which was launched into a useless orbit in August, into a controlled atmospheric descent starting March 20 so that any surviving pieces will land in the Pacific Ocean, a...
by m0xtd | Mar 17, 2012 | Daily Updates
From the upcoming Special Edition Ascent: Commemorating Space Shuttle DVD/BluRay a movie from the point of view of the Solid Rocket Booster with sound mixing and enhancement done by the folks at Skywalker Sound. Watch Riding the Booster with enhanced sound [youtube...
by m0xtd | Mar 16, 2012 | Daily Updates
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) school contact has been planned Sunday 18 March 2012 at approximately 11.31 UTC with students at Istituto Tecnologico Statale Trasporti e Logistica “Leone Acciaiuoli”, Ortona, Italy. The contact...
