by m0xtd | Feb 12, 2012 | Daily Updates
Open Mission Control is open source, open access software for monitoring and controlling small spacecraft or balloon projects. The software is designed to provide an application and framework that can be adapted quickly and easily to support a variety of spacecraft...
by m0xtd | Feb 11, 2012 | Daily Updates
The launch of eight student amateur radio satellites from the space center at Kourou in the Caribbean will be broadcast live on the Internet. The launch should take place between 1000-1300 UT on Monday, February 13 and you’ll be able to watch it at...
by m0xtd | Feb 11, 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. NASA will work with AMSAT in a...
by m0xtd | Feb 10, 2012 | Daily Updates
The 2300-2450 MHz band in Sweden is under threat. As part of the consultation process the Swedish national society, SSA, has submitted it’s response to the regulator, the PTS. SSA argues that the amateur service should remain in the 2.3 GHz band. Wideband...
by m0xtd | Feb 10, 2012 | Daily Updates
NASA Earth scientist Melissa Dawson has created a stunning time-lapse video of the Northern Lights. She came up with the idea in August after seeing pictures that were taken three seconds apart from the ISS as it moved along the eastern coast of North and South...
by m0xtd | Feb 10, 2012 | Daily Updates
In this video Roger Walker, Head of education projects unit, ESA, talks about the CubeSats that will be on the first launch of the Vega rocket, planned to take place between 10:00 and 12:00 UT on Monday, February 13. The video shows the integration of the CubeSats in...
by m0xtd | Feb 9, 2012 | Daily Updates
A group of amateur radio operators aims to establish a world record for distance by flying an unmanned, helium-filled balloon from Katy, Texas, across the Atlantic and the Mediterranean then on to Nanjing, China. During the trans-Atlantic crossing, when out of range...
by m0xtd | Feb 8, 2012 | Daily Updates
The 1st Interplanetary CubeSat Workshop takes palce in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 29-30, 2012. iCubeSat, the Interplanetary CubeSat Workshop, will address the technical challenges, opportunities, and practicalities of space exploration with CubeSats. The workshop...
by m0xtd | Feb 8, 2012 | Daily Updates
NASA astronaut Janice Voss, KC5BTK, of Houston, Texas, passed away on February 7 from cancer. She was 55. One of only six women who have flown in space five times, Voss’ career was highlighted by her work and dedication to scientific payloads and exploration. Voss...
by m0xtd | Feb 8, 2012 | Daily Updates
This TV news report from 2010 covers the contacts Thomas Medlin W5KUB had with astronaut Doug Wheelock KF5BOC while he was on the International Space Station. Thomas Medlin W5KUB talked to Doug KF5BOC 29 times while he was commander of the ISS and Tom sent Doug some...
