An animation showing most of the Aalto-1 mission phases. Aalto-1 is a student satellite project of Aalto University, Finland. When launched, it will be Finland’s first satellite. It is planned to operate at VHF-UHF and there will also be an … Continue reading
SO-67 (Sumbandilasat) Partial recovery possible Amateur Radio Operation may resume in March 2012 “We have not given up on our efforts to get SumbandilaSat working again even if it is only partially” , said Johan Lochner ZR1CBC who is spending … Continue reading
SO-50 (Saudisat 1C) Saudisat 1C is a Saudi Arabian picosatellite that was launched by a Dnepr rocket from Baikonur at 17:00 UT on 20 December 2002. SO-50 carries several experiments, including a mode J FM amateur repeater experiment operating on … Continue reading
Delfi-n3Xt The Delfi-Next mission (also written as Delfi-n3Xt) is second in a development line of nanosatellites called the ‘Delfi Program’ and is successor to the successful Delfi-C3 mission. The mission statement for Delfi-Next is as follows: “Delfi-Next shall be a … Continue reading
Radio Aurora Explorer (RAX-2) RAX is a standard 3U CubeSat that is 10 cm x 10 cm x 34 cm in size and 2.8 kg (~6 lbs) in mass. The satellite is designed to these dimensions so that it can … Continue reading
EME Equipment Antennas: EME can be done with a single yagi antenna, for example, with 15dBd of gain and 100 watts, however, it is much better to have something like a set of 4 yagis. This is because it will … Continue reading