by Peter Goodhall | Aug 28, 2013 | Daily Updates
Dhruva Space have released several videos recorded at the SpaceUp India event held in December 2012. Among the presentations are those from • Thu Trong Vu XV9AA • Hackerspace Global Grid • Suri VU2MY Watch SpaceUp India 2012 – F1 CubeSat from Vietnam, Thu Trong...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 26, 2013 | Daily Updates
BBC News reports on radio amateur Dave Akerman M6RPI’s successful 434 MHz balloon flight on Monday, August 26, 2013. The balloon carried transmitters on 434.200 MHz and 434.250 MHz and transmitted images using the amateur radio Slow Scan Digital Video (SSDV)...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 26, 2013 | Daily Updates
Michael Johnson M0MJJ gave a presentation on his Pocket Spacecraft: Mission to the Moon project to the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium held in July at Guildford. He aimed to raise funding for the project by using the Kickstarter crowd-funding website. The 60...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 25, 2013 | Daily Updates
The JARL Ham Fair 2013 was held at Tokyo Big Sight, Ariake, Tokyo on August 24-25. JAMSAT and several amateur radio satellite projects were represented. The University of Tsukuba CubeSat ITF-1 YUI “Binding” support project was there. The formal name ITF-1...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 24, 2013 | Daily Updates
Hector CO6CBF is looking for stations in UK to try contacts on the amateur radio satellite FO-29. Currently when the satellite in apogee it has a big footprint which covers UK and Cuba for a few minutes. Anyone wanting to try a contact with Cuba should email Hector...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 24, 2013 | Daily Updates
The amateur radio satellite CubeBug-1, also known as El Capitán Beto, launched April 26, 2013, is recovering from the power budget issue that caused the transmitter to be turned off for several days. This was achieved after one of the AMSAT-LU stations in coordination...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 23, 2013 | Daily Updates
APRS has standardized an ID series for amateur radio OSCAR spacecraft – APOxxx At the request of Juan Carlos, LU9DO, AMSAT-LU wanted a series of APRS designators for uniquely identifying AMSAT APRS applications. He suggested those beginning with the letter O...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 23, 2013 | Daily Updates
IARU Region 1 have released edition 6.12 of the free VHF Managers Handbook. The handbook has chapters on Band Planning, Contests, Propagation Research, Operating Procedures and Satellites. It even defines a standard for the use of circular polarization defining which...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 22, 2013 | Daily Updates
On Thursday, August 22, 2013 at 14:39 UT Korea’s satellite KOMPSAT-5 launched on a Dnepr from Dombarovsky near Yasny. This marked the first flight of the Dnepr launcher since August 2011. This successful Dnepr launch should clear the way for the launch in...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 22, 2013 | Daily Updates
In order to prepare the Human Mission to Mars, some aspects of the mission have to be researched. During a transit to the Red Planet, future crews will be exposed to potentially hazardous radiations. A CubeSat can provide a relatively cheap and easy way to improve the...
