by Peter Goodhall | May 19, 2015 | Daily Updates
Duchifat-1, the Israeli high school students 1U CubeSat launched June 19, 2014, is ready for its first public tests. People with the ability to send Compressed APRS location packets are invited to join the tests. The satellite will collect these packets worldwide...
by Peter Goodhall | May 19, 2015 | Daily Updates
Dava Newman KB1HIK started her official duties as NASA’s new deputy administrator on Monday at the agency’s headquarters in Washington. Newman was nominated in January by President Obama, confirmed by the Senate in April and sworn in on Friday, May 15. The deputy...
by Peter Goodhall | May 18, 2015 | Daily Updates
The free Southend Raspberry Jam #6 event on May 30 will feature amateur radio and the International Space Station (ISS). Entrants and winners of the Astro Pi competition will discuss their entries, with a recap of the competition before doing the coding later on....
by Peter Goodhall | May 18, 2015 | Daily Updates
At 1250 GMT on May 18, 1991 Helen Sharman GB1MIR became the United Kingdom’s first astronaut when she blasted off from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on her way to the Mir space station. Read more at...
by Peter Goodhall | May 17, 2015 | Daily Updates
On Sunday, May 17 the BBC TV technology show Click broadcast a report on Essex Star Wars enthusiasts who flew an X-Wing in near-space. The balloon was launched on April 21, 2015 and reached an altitude of 36,190m before bursting and returning to Earth, landing in a...
by Peter Goodhall | May 16, 2015 | Daily Updates
Prof. Dava Newman KB1HIK was sworn in as NASA Deputy Administrator on May 15 from her MIT office. Her appointment had been confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 27. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden (formerly KE4IQB) said, “I am delighted with the Senate confirmation...
by Peter Goodhall | May 15, 2015 | Daily Updates
ARRL Publications Manager and QST Editor Steve Ford, WB8IMY, reports on Amateur Satellite news from the Dayton Hamvention. The ARRL website reports the launch of the Fox-1 CubeSat has been delayed until October 8, 2015. Fox-1 will carry a 435/145 MHz FM Voice...
by Peter Goodhall | May 14, 2015 | Daily Updates
The University of Iowa reports its students will conduct a Van Allen radiation belt experiment with the AMSAT Fox CubeSat Thanks to a proposal by the UI Department of Physics and Astronomy, a group of senior electrical and computer engineering students will reenact...
by Peter Goodhall | May 13, 2015 | Daily Updates
Sarah Brightman announced Wednesday, May 13, 2015 that she is postponing her plans to launch aboard the upcoming Soyuz TMA-18M spaceflight mission expected for September. Ms. Brightman said that for personal family reasons her intentions have had to change and she is...
by Peter Goodhall | May 12, 2015 | Daily Updates
Congratulations to Hideo Kambayashi, JH3XCU, for working 73 different stations on AO-73 since September 1, 2014. Notably, he is the first to work all 73 different stations using CW. For more information on the award see 73 on 73 Award 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM...
