by Peter Goodhall | Jan 14, 2014 | Daily Updates
Students and researchers at the Surrey Space Centre (SSC) in the University of Surrey, Guilford, are developing the 3U CubeSat Deorbitsail. It is planned to launch on a Dnepr rocket into a 600 km Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The aims of the mission are: (1) Deploy a large...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 14, 2014 | Daily Updates
The BAA Radio Astronomy Group will be holding its 2014 General Meeting on Saturday, May 17 at the National Space Centre, Leicester, LE4 5NS. The last two meetings have both sold out ahead of the day and early booking is advisable. This year Dr Klaas Wiersema...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 14, 2014 | Daily Updates
The responses to Ofcom’s consultation on the 2300 and 3400 MHz bands are now available. The joint RSGB, UK Microwave Group, AMSAT-UK and BATC response says: Amateur radio has international secondary allocations in the 2300 and 3400 MHz bands, which are adversely...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 14, 2014 | Daily Updates
The FUNcube Team have now concluded that FUNcube-1 (AO-73) is indeed Satellite Number 39444 and International Designator 13066AE. The team are indebted to Mike Rupprecht DK3WN who did this analysis at the Time of Closest Approach (TCA) during a near overhead pass last...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 13, 2014 | Daily Updates
In the February issue of Practical Wireless the excellent Data Modes column, written by Mike Richards G4WNC, devotes three pages to describing how to receive the signals from the FUNcube-1 (AO-73) satellite which was launched on November 21, 2013. The World of VHF...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 13, 2014 | Daily Updates
On his website Dmitry Pashkov UB4UAD reports transmissions on 435.215 MHz and 435.265 MHz from the Russian Aist microsatellites developed by a group of students, postgraduates and scientists of Samara Aerospace University in cooperation with TsSKB-Progress. Aist 2...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 12, 2014 | Daily Updates
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite congratulated the builders of the first Lithuanian satellites LitSat-1 and LituanicaSat-1 which were launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, January 9, 2014. The Google English translation of her words...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 12, 2014 | Daily Updates
The responses to Ofcom’s coonsultation on sharing spectrum in the 2.3, 2.4, 3.4 and 5 GHz Amateur and Amateur-Satellite Service allocations are now available. The joint RSGB, UK Microwave Group, AMSAT-UK and BATC response says: The amateur and amateur satellite...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 11, 2014 | Daily Updates
BBC News reports that Channel 4 TV is to screen a live broadcast featuring a complete orbit of the International Space Station (ISS), later this year. The show, hosted by Dermot O’Leary, will link live to the astronauts from mission control in Houston as they...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 10, 2014 | Daily Updates
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have announced the launch date, Feb. 28 JST, for the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 23 (H-IIA F23) with the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) core observatory along with seven amateur...
