by Peter Goodhall | Jan 8, 2013 | Daily Updates
The January issue of the free publication SatMagazine features an article on the UK Space Agency’s first satellite UKube-1. It will carry an amateur radio subsystem and a launch on a Soyuz rocket is planned for the 3rd quarter of 2013. The article on page 6...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 8, 2013 | Daily Updates
BBC TV have been filming at the Surrey Space Centre (SSC) and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) for an item on the STRaND-1 CubeSat mission for Stargazing Live. Volunteers from the SSC and SSTL built STRaND-1 in their spare time. The STRaND-1 spacecraft will...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 8, 2013 | Daily Updates
On December 22 members of AMSAT-DL succeeded in receiving 18 images from the 5840 MHz high-speed downlink of the amateur radio satellite FITSat-1. In total 22 images were transmitted in the test and 18 were received at the amateur radio facility at Bochum. The...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 7, 2013 | Daily Updates
Further transmissions from the optical LED beacon on the amateur radio CubeSat FITSAT-1 are planned for January 10-15. Weather permitting the satellite beacon should be visible using binoculars.2013, Flashing LED Schedule (times GMT): 10th Jan. 23:57:30 –...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 1, 2013 | Daily Updates
Did you ever wonder how Nanosatellites are being launched ? Well, Meidad Pariente has edited a video produced by the Aalto-1 team that explains how such a task is performed. Both the edited and original videos are shown. Aalto-1 is a student CubeSat project of Aalto...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 30, 2012 | Daily Updates
N0D, the Special Event Station for the End of the World, succeeded in making 142 contacts via the amateur radio satellites. Houston, Texas December 27, 2012: The N0D team had a very successful operation celebrating the Mayan Calendar End of the World which some...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 27, 2012 | Daily Updates
At the AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2011, Ivo Klinkert PA1IVO gave a short presentation about his experiences with his portable setup, called A Multipurpose Portable Setup. Based on this presentation, Andreas Bilsing DL2LUX invited him to write an article about this subject...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 24, 2012 | Daily Updates
2013 should see the first flight of a new satellite launch vehicle. Super Strypi, also known as SPARK (Space-borne Payload Assist Rocket – Kauai), has been developed by Sandia National Laboratories, the University of Hawaii and Aerojet. The rocket is based on an...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 24, 2012 | Daily Updates
KickSat-1 is an amateur radio CubeSat technology demonstration mission designed to demonstrate the deployment and operation of 128 prototype Sprites (also referred to as ChipSats or femtosatellites) which were developed by radio amateur Zac Manchester KD2BHC at...
