by Peter Goodhall | Apr 30, 2013 | Daily Updates
OPUSAT is a 1U CubeSat designed and created by an OPU student team consisting of about 20 undergraduates and graduates at the Small Spacecraft Systems Research Center (SSSRC). It is planning to use a 2 metre downlink for CW Beacon, 1k2 AFSK and 9k6 GMSK telemetry....
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 30, 2013 | Daily Updates
The Flying Laptop (FLP) is a 130 kg spacecraft of 600 by 702 by 866 mm. It is the first satellite of the Small Satellites Program in Stuttgart. This mission aims to establish the foundation for the required infrastructure as well as the expertise for the Small...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 30, 2013 | Daily Updates
Dear Radio Amateurs, To save energy in the batteries of TURKSAT-3USAT satellite, unless announced otherwise, we kindly request you to; 1. When following the satellite, especially during daylight passings, concentrate on listening to the beacon signal at 437.225 MHz...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 30, 2013 | Daily Updates
The minutes from the IARU Region 1 Interim meeting held in Vienna, April 20-21, have been released. A number of papers related to Amateur-Satellite Service allocations were discussed: • VIE13_C5_03 Increased Amateur‐Satellite Service 144MHz Usage • VIE13_C5_05...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 27, 2013 | Daily Updates
Tomasz Brol SP9UOB plans to launch three High Altitude Balloons to near-space this week carrying amateur radio payloads on 437.600, 437.595 and 437.615 MHz. At maximum altitude the 10 mW signal from these balloons could have a potential range of up to 700 km. Thomasz...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 26, 2013 | Daily Updates
Pictures taken by the Graham and Bell PhoneSat satellites, deployed April 21, have been released. Graham and Bell have been transmitting picture packets. Radio amateurs around the world have been receiving the individual packets and passing them to the PhoneSat team...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 26, 2013 | Daily Updates
At 0413 UT on Friday, April 26, two amateur radio CubeSats TURKSAT-3USAT and CubeBug-1 along with the NEE-01 Pegasus HD TV CubeSat were launched from the Jiuquan Space Center on a CZ-2D rocket. TURKSAT-3USAT is a 3U CubeSat (10x10x30cm) and carries a 145 to 435 MHz...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 25, 2013 | Daily Updates
Pegasus NEE-01 the first of two HD TV CubeSats built in Ecuador is planned to launch on a CZ-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Space Center on Friday, April 26 at 0413 UT. An EXA announcement said NEE-01 PEGASUS and NEE-02 KRYSAOR are the first CubeSats designed and...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 25, 2013 | Daily Updates
On his Blog Nader Omer ST2NH reports that he has been receiving images from PhoneSats Graham and Bell that were deployed on Sunday, April 21. He says “Every Image is small part of one big picture which is being compose by phonesat team from the world wide...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 25, 2013 | Daily Updates
A well illustrated article on TURKSAT-3USAT has been published by the Turkish TAMSAT / AMSAT-TR group. It includes a section on how to hear the satellite and have contacts using its amateur radio 145/435 MHz inverting linear transponder. TURKSAT-3USAT is expected to...
