by Peter Goodhall | Sep 5, 2017 | Daily Updates
The Times of India reports students from Russia and India are building an amateur radio satellite that will transmit SSTV images from space. The 1U CubeSat Iskra-5 is being built by 20 students from Moscow Aviation Institute and 9 from Indian cities like Chennai and...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 27, 2017 | Daily Updates
Noel Matthews G8GTZ and Matthew Cosby talk to broadcast journalist Kate Arkless Gray about making a world record for the longest distance 3.4 GHz amateur radio voice contact with a signal bounced off the Moon. GB6GHY on 3.4 GHz – Hello Moon, this is Goonhilly...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 17, 2017 | Daily Updates
On Thursday, July 17, 2017 ISS Expedition 52 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, RN3FI and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy manually deployed 5 satellites during a spacewalk. The satellites were deployed from the Pirs airlock module of the International Space Station....
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 16, 2017 | Daily Updates
Two Russian cosmonauts will venture outside the International Space Station Thursday, Aug. 17, to deploy several nanosatellites, collect research samples and perform structural maintenance. Coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT, 3pm BST) on...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 16, 2017 | Daily Updates
NanoRacks reports on a delivery of payloads to the ISS including three CubeSats which are part of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) mission. Houston, TX – August 16, 2017 – SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft successfully berthed to the International...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 9, 2017 | Daily Updates
Young radio amateurs at the Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) event at Gilwell Park made contact with astronaut Paolo Nespoli IZ0JPA on the International Space Station. The first session took place when the ISS came above the horizon at 18:37 GMT (7:37 pm BST) on Tuesday,...
