RS-40 (MiR, Yubileiny-2) RS-40 (MiR Yubileiny-2) this satellite is named after Mikhail Reshetnev, the founder and the first director of the company. The previous satellite for scientific purposes – Yubileiny – was placed into orbit in 2008 and since then … Continue reading
Kenwood TS-711 – TS-811 CTCSS Modification for the TS-711e and TS-811e Original information can be found via the following link. This is the website from PA3CSX. Modification of Control Unit (X53-1410-XX) to accomodate TU-5 board Remove the Tone Unit X52-1290-60 (1750 … Continue reading
Allmost all radio’s have options that aren’t enabled by default or have modifications that improve the working. These pages give information about those modifications.
RAIKO, FITSAT-1, WE-WISH, TechEdSat, F-1 They will be loaded into the J-SSOD deployer on ISS KIBO with TechEdSat and F-1 by HTV-3 (Kounotori-3) on 21 July 2012. These satellites will be deployed from KIBO by the robotic arm in September … Continue reading
RS-30 (Yubileiny) On 23-05-2008 at 1520UTC from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia (Site 133), a Rokot type rocket was launched into space. At a height of about 1450km, the main payload, 3 GONET D1M military satellite (Kosmos-2437, 2438 and … Continue reading
Russian Satellites, Radio Sputnik Sputnik 1 was the first artificial earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957. The surprise success precipitated the American Sputnik crisis, began the Space Age and … Continue reading