by Peter Goodhall | Feb 26, 2013 | Daily Updates
The STRaND-1 team have asked if radio amateurs can assist in collecting telemetry from around the world to help them determine the health and attitude of the spacecraft. The telemetry downlink is amateur radio AX.25 packet radio on 437.568 MHz using 9600 bps FSK...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 25, 2013 | Daily Updates
The first UK CubeSat, STRaND-1, was launched on Monday, February 25 at 1231 UT on the PSLV-C20 rocket from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Satish Dhawan space centre. Deployment from the launch vehicle into a 785 km orbit took place about 20 minutes...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 25, 2013 | Daily Updates
The P3E-satellite continues the successful series of AO-10, AO-13 and AO-40. It will again support communications from continent to continent. The downlink frequencies are in the bands at 145 and 2400 MHz, the uplinks at 435 and 1268 MHz. Thus it can be used by all...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 24, 2013 | Daily Updates
The two space telescope satellites launching with STRaND-1 on Feb. 25 at 1225 UT will also be carrying amateur radio payloads Yahoo report that the two tiny satellites billed as the world’s smallest space telescopes will study the brightest stars in the night sky....
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 24, 2013 | Daily Updates
The UK smartphone amateur radio satellite STRaND-1 should launch Feb. 25 at 1225 UT. At the heart of STRaND-1 is a Google Nexus One smartphone with an Android operating system. Smartphones contain highly advanced technologies and incorporate several key features that...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 24, 2013 | Daily Updates
Tom Walkinshaw’s Glasgow based start-up Alba Orbital was featured in the Friday, February 22 edition of The Herald. It was even mentioned on the newspapers front page. Tiny satellites known as CubeSats have traditionally been used for amateur radio...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 22, 2013 | Daily Updates
The UK smartphone satellite STRaND-1 is expected to launch from India on Monday, Feb. 25 at 12:25 GMT. You can follow the launch on Twitter or watch live video. STRaND-1 and other CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads are planned to launch on the ISRO PSLV-C20...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 22, 2013 | Daily Updates
The launch rehearsal of PSLV-C20 with the primary satellite SARAL and six other satellites has been completed satisfactorily at SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota. Mission Readiness Review and meeting of Launch Authorisation Board are scheduled on Feb 22, 2013. STRaND-1 is a...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 19, 2013 | Daily Updates
An English language article about ShindaiSat is available at https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/s/shindaisat ShindaiSat is a 20 kg spacecraft approx 300 by 300 by 350 mm which is planning to use bright LEDs for Space to Earth optical...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 19, 2013 | Daily Updates
JAMSAT announces their 2013 Symposium to be held in Tokyo on March 9 to March 10. The Symposium will be held at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) – 7F Conference Room CR2. All amateur radio satellite operators are welcome to...
