by Peter Goodhall | Apr 8, 2012 | Daily Updates
Yuri’s Night is a celebration of humanity’s achievements in space, with hundreds of parties and events held around the world each April. Yuri’s Night was first held on April 12, 2001, on the 40th anniversary of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s first flight into space and the...
by m0xtd | Apr 8, 2012 | Daily Updates
The AMSAT-UK net is held every Sunday morning at 10am local time on a nominal frequency of 3.780 MHz. Due to interference the net may move either side of that frequency so tune around. Newcomers are most welcome to call-in. Latest AMSAT-UK 80 Meter Net...
by m0xtd | Apr 8, 2012 | Daily Updates
Project ELaNa, NASA’s “Educational Launch of NanoSat” managed by the Launch Services Program at the Kennedy Space Center, announced on February 10 that the AMSAT Fox-1 cubesat has been selected to join the program. AMSAT will work with NASA in a...
by m0xtd | Apr 7, 2012 | Daily Updates
Team Plan B – Lunar CubeSat Update Team ‘Plan B’ is a Vancouver based group of Canadian enthusiasts who aim to land a vehicle on the Moon. Watch Team Plan B, Year 2012. Update. CubeSat as a testing stage for a Lunar mission. Team Plan B...
by m0xtd | Apr 7, 2012 | Daily Updates
Hobbyspace reports that the San Diego Space Society is starting a project to develop a CubeSat style payload for reusable suborbital space flights. Project PoGo kicks off on April 7 with its first planning meeting to build reusable suborbital payload based on the...
by m0xtd | Apr 6, 2012 | Daily Updates
The Ankara based Amateur Satellite Technology Association (TAMSAT) have received more press coverage for their new CubeSat TURKSAT-3USAT. It is a three unit CubeSat developed for SSB/CW communications in low earth orbit. The VHF/UHF transponder and all other...
by m0xtd | Apr 5, 2012 | Daily Updates
What can you do with a CubeSat? With payloads from microbes to solar sails, the possibilities are nearly endless. Here’s another one: a “photon sieve” proposed for an Air Force Academy 3U CubeSat that might yield an...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 5, 2012 | Daily Updates
What can you do with a CubeSat? With payloads from microbes to solar sails, the possibilities are nearly endless. Here’s another one: a “photon sieve” proposed for an Air Force Academy 3U CubeSat that might yield an...
by m0xtd | Apr 5, 2012 | Daily Updates
First-MOVE is a CubeSat being built by students at the Technical University of München. Watch First-MOVE Vibration Tests [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-bJWvL9pxU] First-MOVE CubeSat Solar Panel Deployment Video...
by m0xtd | Apr 5, 2012 | Daily Updates
A Japan-Broadcasting Corporation TV report from 2007 featuring Mike Watanabe JH1KRC has just been made available on YouTube. The YouTube description reads: KDDI, one of the Japanese telecommunication services companies, has assigned to make experimental cooperation...
