by m0xtd | May 4, 2012 | Daily Updates
Tor Fos Mortensen gave a presentation about Euroluna to the European Lunar Symposium in Berlin , April 19-20, 2012. Euroluna are a Danish amateur team participating in the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE contest to be the first privately funded team to land and drive...
by m0xtd | May 4, 2012 | Daily Updates
Space Hackers fom Lausanne, Switzerland and San Francisco, USA have been working on the TechEdSat CubeSat challenge. TechEdSat is a 1U CubeSat that will be launched on July 21, 2012 from Tanegashima, Japan aboard the HTV-3 ISS resupply mission. TechEdSat will be among...
by m0xtd | May 4, 2012 | Daily Updates
GEO members have been invited to have a guided tour of the new facilities at Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) on Friday, June 8. GEO is a group of enthusiasts interested in the amateur reception of weather and earth imaging satellites. They produce a first-rate...
by m0xtd | May 4, 2012 | Daily Updates
CubeSats from a land down-under. Australia’s own CubeSat Workshop is planned for July 2012 in Canberra… 6U CubeSat Low Cost Space Missions Workshop 17th – 18th July 2012 Click here to register to attend the Workshop Background For 2012 the NASA...
by Peter Goodhall | May 4, 2012 | Daily Updates
CubeSats from a land down-under. Australia’s own CubeSat Workshop is planned for July 2012 in Canberra… 6U CubeSat Low Cost Space Missions Workshop 17th – 18th July 2012 Click here to register to attend the Workshop Background For 2012 the NASA...
by m0xtd | May 4, 2012 | Daily Updates
Since 1957, with more than 50 years of exploring space, the lower thermosphere (90-320 km) is the least explored layer of the atmosphere. Satellites and space stations usually orbit at altitude over 320km (to increase orbital lifetime) Atmospheric Explorers were flown...
by m0xtd | May 4, 2012 | Daily Updates
Thu XV9AA successfully completed on ground long range communication tests with the F-1 bird. The project team is now undergoing the cubesat safety review to confirm its launch by an HTV cargo in late July. Successful long range communication test from...
by m0xtd | May 3, 2012 | Daily Updates
CubeBug-1 is the first technology demonstration mission for a new CubeSat platform design (mechanics, hardware and software) intended to be released as Open Source and Open Hardware for its use in Amateur projects, University projects and research labs. The project is...
by m0xtd | May 2, 2012 | Daily Updates
TJ3Sat (pronounced TJ CubeSat) is scheduled to be the first satellite to be flown and built by high school students. The satellite is a product of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology’s Systems Engineering class. During this three year long endeavor...
by m0xtd | May 2, 2012 | Daily Updates
Students at the University of Vermont are working on a Cubesat project CATSAT II sponsored by the University and NASA. The team have been experimenting with Hydrogen Peroxide Propulsion. In this video Mohamed Metwally, Eric Niebylski, Rudy Raab and Drew Swomley...
