by m0xtd | Feb 3, 2012 | Daily Updates
A new version of the telemetry decoding application for MASAT-1 is available at http://cubesat.bme.hu/en/foldi-allomas/kliens-szoftver
by m0xtd | Feb 3, 2012 | Daily Updates
The UK Space Agency has announced plans to launch its first satellite – if it can find the right spaceship to catch a lift from. The tiny UKube-1 will carry a variety of scientific experiments when it eventually gets off the ground later this year. The...
by m0xtd | Feb 3, 2012 | Daily Updates
Students at the University of Khartoum are undertaking a CubeSat project KN-SAT1 and Nader, ST2NH. has made a video of their recently completed ground station. KN-SAT1 is the first CubeSat to be built in Sudan. Its objectives are: To give students at Sudanese...
by m0xtd | Feb 2, 2012 | Daily Updates
Qtmm is a simple AFSK1200 decoder that uses the computer’s sound card for input. It can be used to decode packet radio, APRS and telemetry from OSCAR and Cubesats. Testing shows a good performance in monitoring the International space station APRS Beacon....
by m0xtd | Feb 1, 2012 | Daily Updates
The Vega (Vettore Europeo di Generazione Avanzata) is a new-generation launch vehicle being developed jointly by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the European Space Agency (ESA) for Arianespace. Vega is named after the second brightest star in the northern...
by m0xtd | Jan 31, 2012 | Daily Updates
The student built amateur radio microsatellite, Horyu-2, featuring a High Voltage (300v) Solar Array experiment and an onboard camera is planned to launch on an H-2A rocket in the Summer. Built by students at the Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT) HORYU-2 is 350 *...
by m0xtd | Jan 31, 2012 | Daily Updates
A time-lapse video is available of the first Vega launch campaign that began November 7, 2011 at the ESA Spaceport in Kourou. Vega will carry eight student built amateur radio satellites. This time-lapse shows the full assembly of the first Vega launcher at the launch...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 31, 2012 | Daily Updates
A time-lapse video is available of the first Vega launch campaign that began November 7, 2011 at the ESA Spaceport in Kourou. Vega will carry eight student built amateur radio satellites. This time-lapse shows the full assembly of the first Vega launcher at the launch...
by m0xtd | Jan 31, 2012 | Daily Updates
CubeSats, like STRaND-1, are essential for the breakthrough of new technologies in the space industry. The relatively inexpensive CubeSat enables institutes and companies to test technologies and gain valuable flight heritage without risking millions (or even...
by m0xtd | Jan 31, 2012 | Daily Updates
Masat-1 satellite will use the amateur radio frequency band to downlink telemetry data. The downlink data will not be encrypted, so everyone will be able to receive it, decode and process. Frequency bands employed Earth-to-satellite (uplink) on 2 m Satellite-to-Earth...
