by Peter Goodhall | Mar 10, 2013 | Daily Updates
A video has been released of the International Space Station (ISS) school contact with participants at the Lycee Polyvalent Anatole France. The contact took place at 1142 UT on Saturday, March 9, 2013. ISS Commander Chris Hadfield VA3OOG, used the call sign OR4ISS,...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 9, 2013 | Daily Updates
In this video Professor Bob Twiggs KE6QMD talks about a decade of CubeSats. The presentation was given to the 1st International Workshop on LunarCubes November 13, 2012 Palo Alto, California. Watch Cubesat Decade – Twiggs [vimeo 56454497 w=500 h=375] Cubesat...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 9, 2013 | Daily Updates
In this video Rob Staehle discusses the communication and propulsion challenges involved in getting a CubeSat to the Moon. The presentation was given to the 1st International Workshop on LunarCubes November 13, 2012 Palo Alto, California. Watch Interplanetary CubeSat...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 9, 2013 | Daily Updates
WE-WISH, one five CubeSats deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on October 4, 2012. burnt up in the Earth’s atmosphere on Monday, March 11. On the AMSAT Bulletin Board Nico Janssen PA0DLO suggested it burnt up at 02:59 UT near 48 degrees North,...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 8, 2013 | Daily Updates
One of the most frequently asked questions from newcomers to amateur satellites must be “Which satellites can I receive?” Mike Rupprecht DK3WN has produced a summary of all active amateur radio satellites with frequencies and links to more detailed...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 7, 2013 | Daily Updates
The 5th European CubeSat Symposium takes place on June 3-5, 2013 at the premises of Royal Military Academy in Brussels, Belgium. Last year this event attracted more than 250 participants and industrial exhibits of 7 specialized companies. This year, they are expecting...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 7, 2013 | Daily Updates
In this edition of The Space Show Randa Relich Milliron CEO of Interorbital Systems talks about the latest developments at the company which is developing a low-cost satellite launch capability using the Neptune rocket. She indicated the first launches will be...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 6, 2013 | Daily Updates
The 2013 Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, hosted by the American Astronautical Society (AAS) and co-hosted by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) took place in Kauai, Hawaii, February 10-14, 2013. At the meeting Deepti Kannapan presented her paper...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 1, 2013 | Daily Updates
In this video Palle Haastrup OZ1HIA, President of Euroluna (OZ9LUNA), describes their work towards a flight ready high tension power supply for the CubeSat Ion propulsion system. Euroluna are a Danish amateur team participating in the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 1, 2013 | Daily Updates
Jim Heck G3WGM, Honorary Secretary of AMSAT-UK and project lead on the FUNcube amateur radio satellite project, gave a presentation on FUNcube-1 to the UKSEDS National Student Space Conference (NSSC) that took place in Bristol on February 23-24. The Chair of UKSEDS,...
