by m0xtd | Aug 4, 2012 | Daily Updates
Space Jam 6 at the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, Illinois, USA – Akihiko Hoshide, KE5DNI Sunday, August 5, 2012. Station WB9SA in Illinois, USA will call NA1SS at approximately 10:06 UT. Space Jam 6 is a Boy Scout and Girl Scout weekend event that...
by m0xtd | Aug 3, 2012 | Daily Updates
The launch of the amateur radio CubeSats on an Atlas 5 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base has been postponed until at least Tuesday, August 14. Space Flight Now report: The Atlas 5 rocket will remain anchored on its launch pad for the next couple of weeks while the...
by m0xtd | Aug 2, 2012 | Daily Updates
The Carpcomm Space Network aims to brings together ham radio operators, university ground stations and interested people around the world to form a global space communication network. Timothy HB9FFH says Carpcomm’s mission is to improve communications for...
by m0xtd | Aug 1, 2012 | Daily Updates
Olympic Flagship Special Event Station 2 Oscar 12 Whiskey (2o12W) has been active on the amateur radio satellites working stations in the USA and across Europe. The 2o12W satellite station has been operated by Ken Eaton GW1FKY a member of the Barry Amateur Radio Club...
by m0xtd | Jul 31, 2012 | Daily Updates
CPUT’s satellite endeavours have been given the thumbs up by a delegation from the US National Security Department. The F’SATI satellite programme which is based at the Bellville Campus and headed by Prof Robert van Zyl was visited by the high profile visitors...
by m0xtd | Jul 27, 2012 | Daily Updates
Wes Faler is building a small satellite called Fluid & Reason Engine Test Satellite 1 or FRETS1. FRETS1 is a TubeSat-style picosatellite that aims to fly in 2013 on an Interorbital Systems Neptune rocket into a 310 km sun synchronous orbit. Its mission is to test...
by m0xtd | Jul 27, 2012 | Daily Updates
The Google Lunar X-Prize team Part-Time Scientists delivered a presentation Not your Grandfathers moon landing at the Chaos Communication Congress. The YouTube description reads: Karsten Becker, Robert Böhme: Not your Grandfathers moon landing Hell yeah, it’s...
by m0xtd | Jul 27, 2012 | Daily Updates
An English language NHK TV news story covers the amateur radio CubeSat FITSAT-1 also known as NIWAKA which launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on July 21. FITSAT-1 has multiple downlinks, CW on 437.250 MHz, AX.25 on 437.445 MHz and a 4 watt high speed...
by m0xtd | Jul 26, 2012 | Daily Updates
In the July 17 ARISS meeting Kenneth Ransom N5VHO reported that his group is in the final stages of preparing the certification for flight of the replacement hardware for the degraded Ericsson VHF [145 MHz] radio. The Ericsson rig is part of the second ISS amateur...
by m0xtd | Jul 26, 2012 | Daily Updates
The amateur radio CubeSat OSSI is planned to launch in December according to an Antara News article. [UPDATE rocket launch has been delayed and may now be April 2013] The article describes how Korean artist Hojun Song DS1SBO developed his own home made satellite and...
