by m0xtd | Jun 20, 2012 | Daily Updates
ArduSat is an open-source arduino-based nanosatellite. It will have an extensive sensor-suite onboard and will allow users to upload their own code and run their own experiments. ArduSat will use a GomSpace NanoCom U482C which is a half-duplex UHF transceiver, capable...
by m0xtd | Jun 19, 2012 | Daily Updates
The amateur radio SwampSat satellite, built by students at the University of Florida (UF), featured in a TV news report. SwampSat’s primary objective is to demonstrate a compact three-axis attitude control system that permits rapid retargeting and precision pointing...
by m0xtd | Jun 19, 2012 | Daily Updates
This video shows the planned deployment into orbit in September of the amateur radio CubeSat F-1, callsign XV1VN, and other small satellites from the International Space Station (ISS) via the Kibo module robotic arm. This is a joint program between JAXA and NASA. The...
by m0xtd | Jun 19, 2012 | Daily Updates
In this video Tim DeBenedictis founder of San Francisco based Southern Stars describes the SkyCube satellite project to Funders and Founders host Anna Vital, following Southern Stars’ second-place finish at the Life 3.0 forum in San Francisco on May 31, 2012....
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 19, 2012 | Daily Updates
In this video Tim DeBenedictis founder of San Francisco based Southern Stars describes the SkyCube satellite project to Funders and Founders host Anna Vital, following Southern Stars’ second-place finish at the Life 3.0 forum in San Francisco on May 31, 2012....
by m0xtd | Jun 19, 2012 | Daily Updates
The Cal Poly United Amateur Radio Club N6CP has submitted a satellite frequency coordination request to the IARU for a 1U CubeSat, CP8, that will feature four cell phone cameras with excellent reviews of photography equipment that you wouldn’t believe. After...
by m0xtd | Jun 18, 2012 | Daily Updates
STS-47 was the 50th Space Shuttle mission of the program, as well as the second mission of Space Shuttle Endeavour. The mission mainly involved conducting experiments in life and material sciences. Spacelab-J—a joint NASA and National Space Development Agency...
by m0xtd | Jun 18, 2012 | Daily Updates
Terry Baume VK5VZI and the amateur radio Project Horus Balloon 22 was filmed and featured on the Channel 10 Kids Science Program, Scope TV. This program aired on May 24, 2012. For more information on project Horus check out their website, http://projecthorus.org/....
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 18, 2012 | Daily Updates
Terry Baume VK5VZI and the amateur radio Project Horus Balloon 22 was filmed and featured on the Channel 10 Kids Science Program, Scope TV. This program aired on May 24, 2012. For more information on project Horus check out their website, http://projecthorus.org/....
by m0xtd | Jun 18, 2012 | Daily Updates
First-MOVE is an amateur radio CubeSat being built by students at the Technical University of München. MOVE stands for München Orbital Verification Experiment. The 1U CubeSat carries a CCD camera and has two deployable solar panels carrying a new generation of solar...
