by Peter Goodhall | Apr 15, 2013 | Daily Updates
CanSats are tiny satellites, built to fit in the same space as a soda-can. UNISEC is running a training program in Japan later this year, to train people on how to build and teach building of these ingenious devices. Watch The 2nd CanSat Leader Training Program...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 14, 2013 | Daily Updates
Members of Camb-Hams will once again activate the Isle of Mull (IOSA NH15, SCOTIA CN10, WLOTA 2485), Inner Hebrides, as GS3PYE/p between May 10-16. The Camb-Hams have been activating the Scottish Isles each year since 2008. Look for thirteen operators to be active on...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 13, 2013 | Daily Updates
On Saturday, April 13 at 1000 UT, two balloons both carrying 434 MHz transmitters were launched from Cambridge, UK . One transmitting video images from a Rapsberry Pi computer board, the other carried a 144.800 MHz APRS beacon M0UPU-11 in addition to the 434 MHz...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 13, 2013 | Daily Updates
Estonia’s first CubeSat ESTCube-1, amateur radio callsign ES5E/S, is planning to launch from Kourou in the Caribbean on May 2, 2013 on an ESA VEGA rocket. Built by students at the University of Tartu ESTCube-1 the main mission of the satellite is to test...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 13, 2013 | Daily Updates
Arrowhead Systems Ltd of Stoke-On-Trent has partnered with NanoSatisfi on the ArduSat project. They aim to give UK school children the chance to run experiments in space. Arrowhead Systems have experimental time on Ardusat, with access to every sensor, from the Geiger...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 12, 2013 | Daily Updates
NASA recently selected CU-Boulder as one of 24 institutions or organizations to fly tiny satellites as auxiliary payloads aboard rockets planned for launch in 2014, 2015 and 2016. The selections are part of NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative, an effort that began in...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 12, 2013 | Daily Updates
Members of the Vilnius University Amateur Radio Club have been involved in the development of LituanicaSAT-1 which will be the first Lithuanian satellite. LituanicaSAT-1 is scheduled to be delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) towards the end of 2013 and...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 11, 2013 | Daily Updates
The April 2013 issue of the RocketSTEM Media Foundation Magazine is now available online. April’s issue will give you interesting facts about Mars Curiosity, Skylab and Yuri Gagarin and much more. Pages 48-49 cover Yuri’s Night which takes place April 12....
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 11, 2013 | Daily Updates
Yuri’s Night is a celebration of humanity’s achievements in space, with hundreds of parties and events held around the world each April. Yuri’s Night was first held on April 12, 2001, on the 40th anniversary of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s first flight into space and the...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 11, 2013 | Daily Updates
Florida Today reports that for three years Merritt Island High School students have been working on building a CubeSat. Affectionately referred to as the “StangSat” — after Merritt Island High’s nickname, the Mustangs — a handful of Merritt Island High students and...
