by Peter Goodhall | Aug 2, 2013 | Daily Updates
The Mars rover Curiosity was launched from Cape Canaveral on November 26, 2011, at 15:02 UT aboard the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft and successfully landed on Aeolis Palus in Gale Crater on Mars on August 6, 2012, 05:17 UT. Venture Beat reports that two...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 31, 2013 | Daily Updates
The ARRL report that AMSAT has asked the federal government to confirm that the Amateur Satellite Service will not be subject to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), as a result of export control reforms now underway. The ARRL news story says: In May the...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 31, 2013 | Daily Updates
In edition 683 of Jonathan’s Space Report (JSR) Jonathan McDowell provides the history of the spacesuit of radio amateur Luca Parmitano KF5KDP which developed a water leak inside the helmet during a spacewalk on July 9, 2013. The spacewalk was abandoned and he...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 28, 2013 | Daily Updates
Masa JN1GKZ reports on four CubeSats that are being sent to the International Space Station on August 4, 2013. The Japanese space agency JAXA has announced that four CubeSats will be deployed from the ISS by the JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD). The four...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 28, 2013 | Daily Updates
A time-lapse video of the first of two Maximum Power Point Tracker channels being populated by the Rochester Institute of Technology senior design ground P13271. The prototype maximum power point tracker used to optimize the power output of the solar panels on the...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 25, 2013 | Daily Updates
This video, released by NASA, shows a group of interns who built a CubeSat. Interns: Anthony Yee, Christopher Erb, Jeffrey Sherwood, Tanzim Imam, Clayton Jacobs, Tiara Johnson, Liz Sauerbrunn, Alex Petrov, Marvin Cosare, Matthew Davis, Megan Robbett Co-mentors: Pat...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 24, 2013 | Daily Updates
Tom Doyle W9KE has released a free satellite tracking App called Satellite Explorer Pro for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch Watch ‘Satellite Explorer Pro’ for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 23, 2013 | Daily Updates
On July 23, 2013 at 1634 UT Mike Rupprecht DK3WN received signals from the UK STRaND-1 satellite after a near four month absence. Built by volunteers from the Surrey Space Centre (SSC) and SSTL in Guildford STRaND-1 was launched on February 25, 2013 and was the...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 22, 2013 | Daily Updates
The members of Team STRATODEAN, Cassie Phelps and Mark Ireland, gave a presentation on their High Altitude Balloon project to the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium on Saturday, July 20, 2013. The STRATODEAN team have sent high altitude weather balloons complete...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 22, 2013 | Daily Updates
Peter Goodhall 2E0SQL/2U0SQL will be active on the amateur radio satellites from Guernsey during July 24-30, 2013 On the AMSAT Bulletin Board he writes: I will be active sporadically on satellite passes from Guernsey (IN89RL) as 2U0SQL. I shall be focusing on FO-29...
