by m0xtd | Mar 28, 2012 | Daily Updates
HumSAT-D is a 1U CubeSat mission developed by the University of Vigo. It is planning to use MSK telemetry and a CW beacon on UHF. The main mission is educational: to provide a hands-on experience to the students in the complete process of developing a space mission....
by m0xtd | Mar 28, 2012 | Daily Updates
I Newsletter 26 March 2012 In This Issue 1 Call for CubeSat Proposals for QB50 2 Ground Station Network and Frequency Allocation Working Group 3 Sensor Selection Working Group 4 Orbital Dynamics Working Group 5 GAMANET and GAMALINK 6 QB50 Workshops 7...
by m0xtd | Mar 28, 2012 | Daily Updates
Space station 03 April at 08:15 UTC St Anthony’s Parish Primary School, Canberra, Australia – Dan Burbank, KC5ZSX Telebridge station VK5ZAI in Australia will call NA1SS at approximately 08:15 UTC. St Anthony’s School is located in the...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 28, 2012 | Daily Updates
Space station 03 April at 08:15 UTC St Anthony’s Parish Primary School, Canberra, Australia – Dan Burbank, KC5ZSX Telebridge station VK5ZAI in Australia will call NA1SS at approximately 08:15 UTC. St Anthony’s School is located in the...
by m0xtd | Mar 27, 2012 | Daily Updates
A trio of CubeSats that will study the effects of space weather on the Earth’s radiation belts and magnetic field are being prepared for launch. TRIO-CINEMA is a collaboration between UC Berkeley, Kyung Hee University and Imperial College London. The...
by m0xtd | Mar 27, 2012 | Daily Updates
The UK Space Agency’s pilot programme has narrowed down from a total of 20 proposals to four payloads to fly on Ukube-1 from UK industry and academia. Payloads chosen include a CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) Imager Demonstrator, a...
by m0xtd | Mar 27, 2012 | Daily Updates
Videos have been released by the Thailand Amateur Satellite group TAMSAT showing their successful amateur radio balloon flight call sign HS1JAN-11 on March 18. Watch the launch of MSBSAT-2 [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQyw13VMjhA] Watch MSBAT-2 at 30km and...
by m0xtd | Mar 26, 2012 | Daily Updates
On Wednesday, March 21, students at Salem Elementary in Apex came together in the school’s multipurpose room for a once-in-a-lifetime event. WRAL TV news reports that fourteen students, six of them winners of the school’s science fair a few weeks earlier,...
by m0xtd | Mar 26, 2012 | Daily Updates
When we first founded TAMSAT, Association of Amateur Satellite Technologies approximately two years ago, we have made a big commitment. Our commitment was to develop technology in Turkey, not any technology, but a complex one related to space systems. I am sure during...
by m0xtd | Mar 25, 2012 | Daily Updates
The amateur radio STRaND-1 smartphone CubeSat is a joint project between SSTL and the Surrey Space Centre (SSC). It’s not only its smartphone that makes it exceptional. Engineers at the Surrey Space Centre have also developed a unique mass and power saving plasma...
