by m0xtd | Nov 6, 2012 | Daily Updates
New Scientist magazine has an article about Hojun Song DS1SBO and his Open Source Satellite Initiative OSSI-1 CubeSat. OSSI-1 is planned to launch in the 2nd quarter of 2013 into a 575 km 63° inclination orbit on a Soyuz-2-1b rocket from the Baikonur...
by m0xtd | Nov 6, 2012 | Daily Updates
A collection of videos have been released showing work on the FUNcube-1 spacecraft that is aiming to launch on a DNEPR from Yasny with 17 other satellites carrying amateur radio payloads in the first half of 2013. The videos include a time-lapse of FUNcube-1 flight...
by m0xtd | Nov 5, 2012 | Daily Updates
MOJAVE-10.28.2012—On a calm clear high-desert October evening, Interorbital Systems’ NEPTUNE rocket series’ main engine roared to life in its first hot-firing test. The engine, the IOS GPRE 7.5KNTA (General Purpose Rocket Engine; 7,500lb-thrust;...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 5, 2012 | Daily Updates
MOJAVE-10.28.2012—On a calm clear high-desert October evening, Interorbital Systems’ NEPTUNE rocket series’ main engine roared to life in its first hot-firing test. The engine, the IOS GPRE 7.5KNTA (General Purpose Rocket Engine; 7,500lb-thrust;...
by m0xtd | Nov 5, 2012 | Daily Updates
In this video Assistant Professor for Space Science at Morehead State University and chief engineer for the Cosmic X-ray Background Nanosatellite, Kevin Z. Brown describes the subsystems for CXBN which has an amateur radio downlink on 437.525 MHz, GFSK, AX.25. The...
by m0xtd | Nov 2, 2012 | Daily Updates
Since the amateur radio F-1 CubeSat was deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on October 4 there have been no confirmed reception reports. The attempts to recover the CubeSat are now focusing on reception of the backup UHF FM channel 437.485 MHz (+/-10...
by m0xtd | Nov 1, 2012 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-NA President Barry Baines is pleased to announce that effective August 1, 2012, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, will be returning as AMSAT’s Vice President for Human Spaceflight Programs. This role will include AMSAT’s leadership on the Amateur Radio on the...
by m0xtd | Oct 31, 2012 | Daily Updates
Jan Poppeliers ON7UX has put together a short video compilation of the AMSAT-UK Colloquium held in Guildford, Sept. 14-16. Watch 27th AMSAT-UK Colloquium – Guildford, September 14-16, 2012 [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0xDiExcFpI] Videos of the full...
by m0xtd | Oct 31, 2012 | Daily Updates
Kickstarter, which been used to fund a number of Amateur Radio projects in the USA, has now launched in the UK. Radio ham Zac Manchester KD2BHC used Kickstarter to raise $74,586 in donations to fund the development and deployment of 200 amateur radio KickSat sprite...
by m0xtd | Oct 28, 2012 | Daily Updates
Radio amateurs James Cutler KF6RFX, Andrew Mitchell KD8RCO and K. Scott Tripp KD8IPK are involved in developing the Michigan Multipurpose Minisatellite (MCubed-2) at the University of Michigan. The mission objectives for the MCubed-2 are to capture mid-resolution...
