by Peter Goodhall | Nov 14, 2013 | Daily Updates
16 year-old Rebecca Rubsamen KJ6TWM led the amateur radio contact between students at Rancho Romero Elementary School and astronaut Mike Hopkins KF5LJG on the International Space Station. The Contra Costa Times newspaper reports: “This is going to be the biggest...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 14, 2013 | Daily Updates
In advance of the FUNcube-1 launch next week on November 21 at 07:10:11 UT, this first release of the FUNcube Dashboard User Interface software is now available for download here: http://funcube.org.uk/working-documents/funcube-telemetry-dashboard This software, when...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 13, 2013 | Daily Updates
In his blog Nader Omer ST2NH notes the large number of satellites carrying amateur radio payloads that are expected to be launched in the next two weeks. There will be an estimated 34 new satellite downlinks to be received with two of the satellites also providing...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 12, 2013 | Daily Updates
KySat-2 (K2) is a 1U CubeSat to fulfill the education and public outreach mission of the original KySat-1 CubeSat that was lost during a launch vehicle failure of ELaNa I and accompanying NASA GLORY mission. It has the call sign KK4AJJ and plans to launch along with...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 12, 2013 | Daily Updates
Thanks to Pierluigi Poggi IW4BLG the FUNcube-1 handbook is now available in Italian, and thanks to Christophe Mercier of AMSAT-Francophone it is also available in French. The handbook provides an initial introduction to the project overall and the FUNcube-1 spacecraft...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 12, 2013 | Daily Updates
This Saturday, November 16 Australian radio amateurs will launch a HF high altitude balloon, PSB-5, transmitting WSPR, JT65, THOR and Slow Scan Digital Video (SSDV). Our PSB-5 balloon launch will be from Bendigo, Victoria this Saturday, November 16, 2013 at 11am...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 11, 2013 | Daily Updates
The FUNcube-1 software team is working feverishly to complete the FUNcube Dashboard software that will be used to decode and display the telemetry that will be transmitted from the spacecraft on 145.935 MHz after the launch planned for November 21 at 07:10:11 UT....
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 11, 2013 | Daily Updates
Graham Shirville G3VZV was interviewed about the FUNcube-1 CubeSat in the Roberto Perrone show on BBC Three Counties Radio. The interview, broadcast on Monday, November 11 is now available on the web. FUNcube is an educational spacecraft project with the goal of...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 10, 2013 | Daily Updates
Attempts to recover the 20 year-old amateur radio satellite AO-27 are continuing and signals have been received on 436.795 MHz. On the AMSAT Bulletin Board Reid W4UPD reports: “Heard AO27 a couple of times. Both yesterday and today [Nov. 10]. Today I heard it...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 8, 2013 | Daily Updates
The FUNcube-1 launch service provider, ISIS Launch Services, has been very busy at Yasny these past few days. They have been integrating all their charges into ISIPODs and then mounting the ISIPODs onto the SHM (Space Head Module). On Thursday, November 8 the ISIPOD...
