by Peter Goodhall | Jun 22, 2013 | Daily Updates
The 2013 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium is open to all and takes place from late Friday afternoon on July 19 until Sunday afternoon on July 21 at the Holiday Inn, Guildford, GU2 7XZ, UK. It will be preceded by an exciting “Hands-on” CubeSat Workshop. This...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 20, 2013 | Daily Updates
The 3rd UK High Altitude Society (UKHAS) conference which takes place in London at Greenwich University on Saturday, September 7, 2013 is planned to be streamed live to the Internet. The conference is open to anyone, you don’t have to have flown a High-Altitude...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 19, 2013 | Daily Updates
A quartet of small satellites, better known as CubeSats, flew high above California’s Mojave Desert on June 15, 2013 on a demonstration mission to study the launch environment all the way from liftoff to landing. The spacecraft are being developed to help...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 19, 2013 | Daily Updates
The Surrey Space Centre (SSC) Research blog is dedicated to improving access to the cutting edge research output of the Surrey Space Centre. The standard process for disseminating research output through conference and journal publication is a lengthy and cumbersome...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 19, 2013 | Daily Updates
The 3rd UKHAS conference will take place on Saturday, September 7, 2013 in London. This year the venue will be at Greenwich University on the banks of the river Thames and just down the hill from the Royal Observatory and the (dreaded to HAB) meridian line (the venue...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 18, 2013 | Daily Updates
This video is the Imperial College Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (ICSEDS) entry to the RBS ESSA bronze awards. It showcases their projects and events throughout the 2012/13 year. In the video are interviews with Engine Design Group member...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 17, 2013 | Daily Updates
Project Loon is a research and development project being developed by Google with the mission of providing Internet access to rural and remote areas using High-Altitude Balloons (HAB) placed in the stratosphere at an altitude of about 20 km to create an aerial...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 16, 2013 | Daily Updates
AMSAT sponsored a senior design project at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) this academic year. The students included senior EE majors: Bryce Salmi KB1LQC Brent Salmi KB1LQD Ian MacKenzie KB3OCF Dan Corriero The project was to develop a Maximum power point...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 14, 2013 | Daily Updates
Frank Bauer, KA3HDO and AMSAT VP for Human Spaceflight Programs presents an update on the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program. The presentation was given at the 2013 Dayton Hamvention. Frank takes a quick look at 30 years of amateur radio...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 14, 2013 | Daily Updates
During the AMSAT Forum at the Dayton 2013 Hamvention, Mark Hammond, N8MH, AMSAT VP for Education Relations gave a quick overview of AMSAT’s recent educational activities, AMSAT’s partnership with the ARRL Education & Technology Program, and how you can...
