by m0xtd | Jul 12, 2012 | Daily Updates
Students from Middlesex University Robotics department obtained their Foundation Licences after a Verulam Amateur Radio Club (VARC) course and went on to win UAVforge. The amateur radio Foundation training course was part of the preparations by members of the HALO...
by m0xtd | Jul 11, 2012 | Daily Updates
The Vietnamese TV station VTV1 broadcast a news story about the amateur radio CubeSat F-1, callsign XV1VN, due to be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on July 21. The broadcast shows students from the FPT University in Hanoi who are involved in the...
by m0xtd | Jul 11, 2012 | Daily Updates
Wednesday, July 11, saw the official opening of the RSGB’s National Radio Centre (NRC) at Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes. The opening and unveiling of the plaque was undertaken by Mr Ed Vaizey MP. Mr Vaizey is the Minister for Culture, Communications and the Creative...
by m0xtd | Jul 11, 2012 | Daily Updates
On July 11, Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (SST-US) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Virgin Galactic optimizing Surrey’s innovative satellites for Virgin’s new launch vehicle, radically lowering the cost of building and launching small satellites....
by m0xtd | Jul 10, 2012 | Daily Updates
Topics covered in the July/August issue of the free publication SatMagazine include CubeSats, the space industry in the Isle of Man and Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Erik Mumm’s Insight article Advances In CubeSats Enable New Apps...
by m0xtd | Jul 10, 2012 | Daily Updates
Jason Brand VK2FJAB (10) was interviewed for the morning “Today” show on Channel 9 in Australia. He talks about amateur radio and his Do-It-Yourself space projects. Watch Channel 9 (Australia) interview with Jason [youtube...
by m0xtd | Jul 10, 2012 | Daily Updates
The crowd-sourced funding website Kickstarter, which has been used for amateur radio projects in the USA, is to launch in the UK this autumn. Radio ham Zac Manchester KD2BHC used Kickstarter to raise $74,586 in donations to fund the development and deployment of over...
by m0xtd | Jul 9, 2012 | Daily Updates
Helen Sharman GB1MIR was the first UK astronaut. On May 18, 1991, she flew to the Mir Space Station on board Soyuz-TM12, aged 27. Before flying, Helen spent 18 months in intensive flight training in Star City on the outskirts of Moscow. The Soyuz TM-12 mission, which...
by m0xtd | Jul 9, 2012 | Daily Updates
McLean Fahnestock has produced a High Definition video work showing all 135 space shuttle launches. Watch Grand Finale 2010-11 [vimeo 27505192 w=500 h=281] McLean Fahnestock http://mcleanfahnestock.com/
by m0xtd | Jul 9, 2012 | Daily Updates
The 40 page Summer edition of the AMSAT-UK publication OSCAR News is being posted to members. In this issue: Development of High Voltage Technology Demonstration Satellite, HORYU-2 A Multi-purpose Portable Set-up: Working Low Earth Orbit Satellites from any place...
