by m0xtd | Feb 8, 2012 | Daily Updates
This video is of a presentation given by Jim White WD0E at COSMIAC on Acceptance, Integration and Test (AIT) including Early Operations (for nanosatellites and cubesats) with lessons learned from AIT. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78uEB1_mV4o]
by m0xtd | Feb 7, 2012 | Daily Updates
The first qualification Vega flight from the space center at Kourou in the Caribbean is scheduled to take place on February 13 and a video showing the payloads is now available. Watch Arianespace [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeLWyGsNfO8] Frequencies and...
by m0xtd | Feb 6, 2012 | Daily Updates
NASA is seeking proposals for flight demonstrations of small satellite technologies with the goal of increasing the technical capabilities and range of uses for this emerging category of spacecraft. Small satellites typically weigh less than 400 pounds (180 kg) and...
by m0xtd | Feb 5, 2012 | Daily Updates
In this video Foundation holder Andreas Kellner VK4FHAW from Queensland works an amateur radio satellite using his homebrew LEO satellite system. Watch Leo_0001.wmv [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-nBYvPYOy4] Read John Heath G7HIA’s article ‘Getting started...
by m0xtd | Feb 5, 2012 | Daily Updates
Andras Gschwindt HA5WH is requesting Radio Amateurs to send reports of telemetry data from the Hungarian student satellite Masat-1 due to be launched on February 13. Andras HA5WH, head of the student group that made the first Hungarian CubeSat, Masat-1, says: Masat-1...
by m0xtd | Feb 5, 2012 | Daily Updates
Members of UKSEDS are developing an amateur radio satellite payload called myPocketQub442 (437.425-437.525 MHz) that will fly on the UKube-1 satellite towards the end of the year. UKSEDS is a space enthusiast organisation for both school and university students....
by m0xtd | Feb 5, 2012 | Daily Updates
Vega is now scheduled to launch on Monday, February 13, at 1000 UT with eight student built amateur radio satellites. The launcher will first deploy the main payload, the LARES the Laser relativity Spacecraft and will then make an additional firing of the final AVUM...
by m0xtd | Feb 5, 2012 | Daily Updates
Ingenuity and innovation by the SumbandilaSat (SO-67) ground control team has resulted in bringing the satellite back to life with a real possibility that Amateur Radio communication may resume next month while the satellite is in sunlight. The ground stations at...
by m0xtd | Feb 4, 2012 | Daily Updates
Seven teams of university students were selected to fly their CubeSats on the maiden flight of ESA’s Vega launch vehicle. Here is an introduction to the French Robusta team. University Université Montpellier 2 Endorsing professors Laurent Dusseau, Sylvie Jarrix,...
by m0xtd | Feb 4, 2012 | Daily Updates
On Saturday February 4, 2012 at approximately 12.41 UTC, which is 13.41 CEWT, an educational ARISS contact is planned with the Polytechnic school in Walbrzych, Poland. Amateur radio station W6SRJ, located in California, will operate the contact. The Polytechnic school...
