by Peter Goodhall | Dec 12, 2013 | Daily Updates
The January 2014 edition of QST contains an article by ARRL Education and Technology Program Coordinator Mark Spencer WA8SME on a portable azimuth and elevation rotator system for tracking satellites called WRAPS. WRAPS stands for Wobbler RadFxSat Antenna Pointing...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 10, 2013 | Daily Updates
When NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew past Earth on Oct. 9, 2013, it received a boost in speed of more than 7.3 kilometers per second, which set it on course for a July 4, 2016, rendezvous with Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system.During the flyby,...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 10, 2013 | Daily Updates
The 2U ESTELLE will accommodate the QB50 scientific payload and an experimental miniaturized cold gas thruster module with four thrusters and 50 grams of fuel. This mission is a partnership between Estonia, Sweden, Latvia and Slovenia. The general hardware design will...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 9, 2013 | Daily Updates
In a post on the AMSAT Bulletin Board (AMSAT-BB) Andy Thomas G0SFJ informs us of a presentation on Tuesday, December 10 regarding the amateur radio “Say Hi to Juno” project. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting Science from Juno’s Earth Flyby Tuesday, 10...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 9, 2013 | Daily Updates
The $50SAT team is asking for help in capturing telemetry from the amateur radio 1.5U PocketQube satellite $50SAT on 437.505 MHz (+/-9 kHz Doppler shift) CW. We are trying to determine the charging characteristics of the power system. The three team members all live...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 8, 2013 | Daily Updates
Dr. Sara Seager, KB1WTW, Class of 1941 Professor of Physics and Planetary Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology addressed the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, United States House of Representatives December 4, 2013. Invited witnesses were:...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 8, 2013 | Daily Updates
The Vol 1 Issue 2, Dec 2013 issue of RAGazine is now available. The publication by the British Astronomical Association Radio Astronomy Group (BAA-RAG) can be downloaded in both hi-res and lo-res versions. Issue 2 and the previous Issue 1 can be downloaded from the...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 8, 2013 | Daily Updates
The AMSAT News Service (ANS) reports Patrick Stoddard WD9EWK has been working the new AO-73 satellite from his back yard. Most of the time, he has been using his normal portable all-mode satellite station – two Yaesu FT-817NDs, Elk handheld 2m/70cm log periodic...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 8, 2013 | Daily Updates
Rizwan Merchant KF5BNL writes: I am pleased to announce the first public release of the CAPE-2 GroundStation Software Lite Edition has been released. The software will help decode, receive data and send limited commands to the satellite in orbit. For more information,...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 7, 2013 | Daily Updates
An incredibly enthusiastic, intelligent, visionary, and motivated young woman, Abigail Harrison is setting her sites on being the first astronaut to land on Mars. Starting in 5th grade with the GEMS program (Girls in Engineering, Mathematics and Science) to being...
