by m0xtd | Oct 5, 2011 | Daily Updates
Due to unforseen mechanical issues involving the launch vehicle hydraulic system and exhaust ducts, the launch date of AubieSat-1 has been postponed until October 27, 2011. More specific details about the problem can be found at...
by m0xtd | Oct 5, 2011 | Daily Updates
The AMSAT-UK FUNcube team are among the winners in a competition to fly an Android App on the amateur radio Smartphone satellite STRaND-1 due for launch next year. Space technology experts from Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) and the Surrey Space Centre (SSC) at...
by m0xtd | Oct 5, 2011 | Daily Updates
The 8th Italian Amateur Radio Association (ARI) satellite meeting was held at the Joseph Hotel in Marina di Pietrasanta (Lu) on September 18, 2011. The meeting was open to everyone and offered an agenda that covered current amateur radio satellite issues as well as...
by m0xtd | Oct 4, 2011 | Daily Updates
The October issue of Sat Magazine carries an 8 page article by Randa Relich Milliron, Interorbital Systems Chief Executive Officer, in which she describes the Neptune rockets and their TubeSat and CubeSat payloads. The first Neptune 9 rocket is planned to launch mid...
by m0xtd | Oct 4, 2011 | Daily Updates
Mani, VU2WMY, says he used an AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle SDR to receive telemetry from SRMSAT and JUGNU during environmental tests. India’s latest Amateur Radio satellites SRMSAT and JUGNU are now at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) spaceport at...
by m0xtd | Oct 3, 2011 | Daily Updates
It is a significant move for the Guildford-based company which has, until now, been associated with small, low-cost satellites that view the Earth at optical and near-infrared wavelengths, producing images that are recognisably the sort of thing we see with our own...
by m0xtd | Oct 1, 2011 | Daily Updates
The latest issue of the AMSAT-UK publication OSCAR News highlights the US NTIA proposal to create a new ITU satellite service for CubeSats and NanoSats. The proposal seeks one or more frequency bands, totalling up to 10 MHz of spectrum, to support command, control,...
by m0xtd | Sep 30, 2011 | Daily Updates
Jean-Marie KI4YAU asks Amateur Radio operators to listen out for AubieSat-1, on 437.475 MHz CW, after its launch on October 25 at 0952 UTC: We fervently request your assistance in receiving transmissions from an upcoming satellite, AubieSat-1, immediately after its...
by m0xtd | Sep 29, 2011 | Daily Updates
The autumn edition of the colour A4 newsletter OSCAR News is being posted to AMSAT-UK members this week As usual it’s packed with Amateur Satellite articles: – Haven’t Got A Callsign – regular column by Clive Wallis G3CWV – Memories of...
by m0xtd | Sep 28, 2011 | Daily Updates
The European Commission has launched a European-wide drawing competition for children aged 9-11. The child submitting the winning entry from each European country will have one of the Galileo satellites named after them. Galileo is the European Union’s global...
