New Equipment, New Location : Ready for Commanding We now have a FUNcube dongle (FCD) installed. This is a basic software defined radio (SDR), and as its name suggests, it was originally produced to support a cubesat programme. It is … Continue reading
The amateur radio satellite STARS-II is being developed by students at Kagawa University and consists of Mother satellite and Daughter satellite connected by tether. STARS stands for Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite. The mission will include formation flight, tether deployment, … Continue reading
Thanks to the satblog from DK3WN, I saw that Space-Track.com published now the ID’s for the last cubesat launch. DICE 1 1 37851U 11061B 11335.98213095 +.00005465 +00000-0 +44960-3 0 00372 2 37851 101.7084 281.3727 0254523 194.8404 164.5233 14.77965880005103 DICE 2 … Continue reading
After spending more than 240 days “sailing” around the Earth, NASA’s NanoSail-D a nanosatellite that deployed NASA’s first-ever solar sail in low-Earth orbit has successfully completed its Earth orbiting mission. Launched to space Nov. 19, 2010 as a payload on … Continue reading
The FASTRAC satellites have been in operation for more than a year and the team has been able to get a lot of data from them, in great part due to the amazing support from the amateur radio community. Over … Continue reading
November 29, 2011 – AO-51 not responding to commands It is with a heavy heart I report that AO-51 has ceased transmission and is not responding to commands. The last telemetry data indicated that the third of six batteries was … Continue reading