by Peter Goodhall | Feb 7, 2014 | Daily Updates
A post on the Planetary Society website wonders if radio amateurs will be able to pick up the signal from ISEE-3/ICE as it passes Earth. Emily Lakdawalla says: The International Sun-Earth Explorer (ISEE-3), a spacecraft that was launched in 1978 to study Earth’s...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 7, 2014 | Daily Updates
ESA have postponed the International Space Station (ISS) Ham Video Commissioning until March 8. Possible dates for the four Commissioning steps are March 8 (step 1), March 9 (step 2), and March 16 (step 3). Step 3 could be turned into step 4. These dates are all on...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 7, 2014 | Daily Updates
The deployment of amateur radio CubeSats from the International Space Station (ISS) planned for Thursday, February 6 has been postponed. NASA say: Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA spent his morning working in the Japanese Kibo module to install a deployer...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 6, 2014 | Daily Updates
Outernet is described as the modern version of shortwave radio broadcast from space. It is planned that the Outernet will consist of a constellation of hundreds of low-cost, CubeSats in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Each satellite receives data streams from a network of...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 5, 2014 | Daily Updates
The Centennial Challenges Program is NASAs flagship program for technology prize competitions (http://www.nasa.gov/challenges). The program is an integral part of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate, which is innovating, developing, testing, and flying...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 4, 2014 | Daily Updates
Several amateur radio CubeSats will be deployed from the International Space Station on Thursday, February 6, 2014. On Thursday, January 9 at 1807 UT an Antares rocket launched the Cygnus freighter carrying a cargo of CubeSats to the International Space Station. Since...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 2, 2014 | Daily Updates
Bill Crofts was interviewed on the BBC about the WUSAT2 CubeSat being built by engineering students at University of Warwick. The CubeSat is planned to launch on a sub-orbital rocket from Norway in March/April 2015. The interview was broadcast on BBC Coventry and...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 1, 2014 | Daily Updates
Founded in 1975 AMSAT-UK is a voluntary organisation that supports the design and building of equipment for amateur radio satellites. AMSAT-UK initially produced a short bulletin called OSCAR News to give members advice on amateur satellite communications. Since those...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 1, 2014 | Daily Updates
Mineo Wakita JE9PEL has posted details on the AMSAT Bulletin Board of the deployments of amateur satellites by the Japanese Space Agency JAXA planned for later this month. Satellite Uplink Downlink Beacon Mode [JAXA ISS KIBO Robot Arm, Feb 6,...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 31, 2014 | Daily Updates
Four amateur radio CubeSats, LituanicaSat-1, LitSat-1, ArduSat-2 and UAPSat-1 are on the International Space Station (ISS) awaiting deployment currently planned for February 6, 2014. Additionally there is SkyCube-1 which transmits on 915 MHz which is an amateur band...
