by Peter Goodhall | Mar 2, 2014 | Daily Updates
The Ham Video transmitter, which is stored in the Columbus module of the International Space Station (ISS), will be installed March 6, 2014. The transmitter will be powered on briefly, just the time needed to check that the connection cables to the antenna, to the...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 2, 2014 | Daily Updates
NASA Educator Professional Development and the National Science Teachers Association have joined forces to create and offer this first-of-its-kind online course for middle school educators. Participants can earn a certificate acknowledging 15 hours of effort. Graduate...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 2, 2014 | Daily Updates
Space Systems Engineering 101, a new massive open online course from NASA and the Saylor Foundation, launches on March 3, 2014. The six-week general-audience course is free to the public and provides a unique opportunity to learn from and alongside NASA’s...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 1, 2014 | Daily Updates
The last two days in February saw satellite deployments from the JAXA H-IIA F23 mission and the ISS which between them released 12 satellites carrying amateur radio payloads along with a number of commercial and research satellites. After a launch the North American...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 28, 2014 | Daily Updates
Dr Lucy Rogers M6CME, author of It’s ONLY Rocket Science, will be giving the keynote presentation at the International Women’s Day (IWD) Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) conference in Chester. The evening event, which is free of...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 28, 2014 | Daily Updates
The UK CubeSat Workshop, planned for Tuesday, May 13, 2014, will include presentations on the amateur radio satellites FUNcube-1 and UKube-1. The free workshop will take place at the Satellite Applications Catapult, Electron Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell OX11 0QR....
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 28, 2014 | Daily Updates
On Friday, February 28, 2014 at 0730 UT astronaut Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA deployed a batch of amateur radio CubeSats from the International Space Station (ISS). LituanicaSAT-1, LitSat-1, ArduSat-2 (2U), UAPSAT and the 915 MHz SkyCube were successfully ejected from a...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 27, 2014 | Daily Updates
On Thursday, February 27 at 1837 UT a cluster of Japanese amateur radio satellites were launched from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Tanegashima Space Center. At 1948 UT Francisco Jimenez-Martin Sanchez EA1JM received the 437.325 CW (A1A) beacon from the...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 27, 2014 | Daily Updates
The amateur radio CubeSat LituanicaSAT-1, call sign LY5N, was developed by students and young engineers from Vilnius University in Lithuania and should be deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, February 28 at 0730 UT and streamed live at...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 27, 2014 | Daily Updates
Updated information on the JAXA H-IIA F23 launch from Mineo Wakita JE9PEL. JAXA GPM Satellites Update Launch Time: 18:37 UT, 27 Feb 2014 Launch Site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan Launch Live: http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html Preliminary TLE Update STARS-II 1 88888U...
