by m0xtd | Oct 11, 2011 | Daily Updates
Amateur Radio satellites SRMSAT and Jugnu launched Wednesday, Oct 12 at 05:32 UT and hams are asked to send in reception reports of the signals on 437.275 MHz and 437.425 MHz. A video of the launch can be seen at http://www.isro.org/pslv-c18-video.aspx These...
by m0xtd | Oct 10, 2011 | Daily Updates
SRMSAT, a NanoSat developed by the students of SRM University, India will be launched on October 12, 2011 along with the Megha Tropique satellite on the PSLV-C18 launch vehicle from ISRO’s spaceport in Sriharikota, India. On the AMSAT bulletin board Dinesh...
by m0xtd | Oct 10, 2011 | Daily Updates
On August 3, 2011, the Amateur Radio satellite, ARISSat-1 began its education-based mission after deployment from the International Space Station. Students, teachers and amateur radio operators are invited to learn more about the satellite as a tool for education and...
by m0xtd | Oct 9, 2011 | Daily Updates
The website KickSat.org has been launched to give hundreds of people the opportunity to sponsor a small spacecraft they can call their own that will be launched into space. KickSat.org is a spare time project run by Zac Manchester KD2BHC, an aerospace engineering...
by m0xtd | Oct 5, 2011 | Daily Updates
Due to unforseen mechanical issues involving the launch vehicle hydraulic system and exhaust ducts, the launch date of AubieSat-1 has been postponed until October 27, 2011. More specific details about the problem can be found at...
by m0xtd | Oct 5, 2011 | Daily Updates
The AMSAT-UK FUNcube team are among the winners in a competition to fly an Android App on the amateur radio Smartphone satellite STRaND-1 due for launch next year. Space technology experts from Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) and the Surrey Space Centre (SSC) at...
