by m0xtd | Dec 16, 2011 | Daily Updates
The integration of Vega’s first, second and third stages is now complete at ESA’s Spaceport at Kourou in the Caribbean. ESA say the new rocket is moving full speed ahead towards its maiden flight at the end of January. Vega will carry seven amateur radio...
by m0xtd | Dec 16, 2011 | Daily Updates
Space is about to touch down in even more classrooms and colleges across the UK, with the launch of the National Space Academy – a network of outstanding teachers and space scientists that will use the inspirational context of space to teach STEM subjects – and...
by m0xtd | Dec 15, 2011 | Daily Updates
Roger J A Duthie M0RJA and the team are carrying out further attempts to reactivate Prospero, the United Kingdom’s first satellite launched on a UK-built rocket, Black Arrow, on October 28, 1971. The team now have an AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle (FCD) VHF/UHF Software...
by m0xtd | Dec 15, 2011 | Daily Updates
PW-Sat, a 1U CubeSat to be launched on the first VEGA flight in January, will carry a 435 to 145 MHz Amateur Radio transponder. The single channel transponder will operate in a similar way to the amateur satellite AO-16. The uplink on 435.020 MHz will be FM and the...
by m0xtd | Dec 13, 2011 | Daily Updates
The CubeSTAR amateur radio satellite being built by students at the University of Oslo features on page 2 of the December 14 issue of Electronics Weekly. CubeSTAR is a project which aims to improve and support future space weather monitoring. Its scientific purpose is...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 13, 2011 | Daily Updates
The CubeSTAR amateur radio satellite being built by students at the University of Oslo features on page 2 of the December 14 issue of Electronics Weekly. CubeSTAR is a project which aims to improve and support future space weather monitoring. Its scientific purpose is...
by m0xtd | Dec 13, 2011 | Daily Updates
The Dutch team that produced Delfi-C3 (DO-64) are planning to launch a new amateur radio satellite, the Delfi-N3XT in September 2012. It will be launched on a DNEPR rocket and carry a 435/145 MHz linear transponder for SSB/CW communications and a 2400 MHz telemetry...
by m0xtd | Dec 13, 2011 | Daily Updates
Nanosat Misssion Idea Contest
by m0xtd | Dec 12, 2011 | Daily Updates
The first amateur radio satellite OSCAR 1 was launched 50 years ago on December 12, 1961. OSCAR 1 was battery powered and signals lasted for about two weeks. It re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere on January 31, 1962. The AMSAT News Service is re-running the...
by m0xtd | Dec 11, 2011 | Daily Updates
The UK Tech Podcast, FrequencyCast, has released a short video showing reception in Essex of FM voice and an SSTV image from the amateur radio satellite ARISSat-1. The 145.950 MHz FM signal was recorded at 1055 UT on November 14, 2011 and was uploaded to support the...
