by m0xtd | Aug 28, 2011 | Daily Updates
AO-51 operations update AO-51 Control Station, Mark Hammond, N8MH wrote a status update on this satellite. Mark noted that since the failure of the first cell on the six-cell battery the ground controllers have been limited to simple commands for basic configurations....
by m0xtd | Aug 25, 2011 | Daily Updates
The Times newspaper reports on an experiment developed by 6th form students in Canterbury that will soon fly in space and involve students not just in the UK but also Uganda. The article appeared in The Times 2 supplement for August 24 and describes how 6th form co-ed...
by m0xtd | Aug 23, 2011 | Daily Updates
The latest Earth observation satellites from UK small satellite manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) were successfully launched today at 07:12:20 UTC onboard a Dnepr rocket from Yasny in southern Russia. NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X will...
by m0xtd | Aug 22, 2011 | Daily Updates
It has been reported that ARISSat-1 is in Emergency Mode in an attempt to conserve power. 10:24 UTC 22 August 2011
by m0xtd | Aug 19, 2011 | Daily Updates
Herbert DL4SDR used an AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle VHF/UHF software defined radio to receive a weather satellite picture in the 136-138 MHz band. On the FUNcube Yahoo Group he writes: Today [August 19] I received a picture from NOAA 15 WX satellite with simple...
by m0xtd | Aug 17, 2011 | Daily Updates
Thanks to the hard work of volunteers from the British Amateur Television Club (BATC) 14 videos of the presentations given to the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium held in Guildford during July 30-31, 2011 are now available online. The Chair of BATC Trevor Brown...
