by Peter Goodhall | Apr 25, 2013 | Daily Updates
CubeBug-1 is the first technology demonstration mission for a new CubeSat platform design (mechanics, hardware and software) intended to be released as Open Source and Open Hardware for its use in Amateur projects, University projects and research labs. The project is...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 24, 2013 | Daily Updates
Live video of the Spring CubeSat Workshop taking place April 24-26 is available at http://mediasite01.ceng.calpoly.edu/Mediasite/Catalog/pages/catalog.aspx?catalogId=36b100d1-069a-4bac-b7e3-8a9512655e78 Details of the 10th Annual Spring CubeSat Workshop are at...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 23, 2013 | Daily Updates
The Team behind the three PhoneSats, deployed April 21, have thanked radio amateurs for their response so far and they request further telemetry reports. They say: Since the successful deployment of our three PhoneSats on Sunday, we have already received over 200...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 23, 2013 | Daily Updates
The Yorkshire Post reports that Luke Bussell, who is a Year 11 student at Bootham School and a member of the school’s astronomy group, got more than he bargained for when he started doing his research for the annual Society for the History of Astronomy essay prize....
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 23, 2013 | Daily Updates
The team behind the WUSAT CubeSat project will be interviewed on Radio Warwick – RaW 1251AM – the show will also be available world-wide on the web. The team have already flown a CubeSat to an altitude of 30 km and aim to send their WUSAT CubeSat into Low...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 23, 2013 | Daily Updates
A Facebook page has been created for the TURKSAT-3USAT V/U (Mode J) linear transponder CubeSat. TURKSAT-3USAT is expected to launch on April 26, 2013 at 0413 UT on a CZ-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Space Center into a 680 km Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The Satellite Fun Club...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 23, 2013 | Daily Updates
What was given up as dead, turned out to be alive! The one that sprang a recent surprise was India’s first IIT-made student satellite, Jugnu, a product of the students and staff of IIT-Kanpur. The Times of India reports that the three-kg student satellite was...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 22, 2013 | Daily Updates
The RAX-2 beacon stopped transmitting on Saturday, April 20 and is not responsive to normal commands. The cessation in normal operations happened mid-day on Saturday and the cause of the issue is currently under investigation. Over the next few days, the team will be...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 22, 2013 | Daily Updates
ESA report the payload “stack” for Vega’s second mission from has been completed and is ready for the planned launch from Kourou on May 2.After its deployment by Vega on the upcoming flight, Proba-V will begin the satellite’s mission of mapping land cover and...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 22, 2013 | Daily Updates
Three PhoneSat CubeSats with amateur radio payloads were launched on an Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares(TM) rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) in eastern Virginia on Sunday, April 21. The three PhoneSats carry amateur radio payloads on 437.425...
