Radio Hams Plasma Thruster CubeSat Radio amateurs Benjamin Longmier KF5KMP and James Cutler KF6RFX of the University of Michigan hope to raise $200,000 on Kickstarter for a CubeSat propulsion project. The CubeSat Ambipolar Thruster (CAT) is a new plasma propulsion system which … Continue reading
ARISS Contact HV2VO Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu’, Rome, State of Vatican City, direct via HV2VO Contact is a go for: Wed 2013-07-10 12:36:28 UTC 66 deg HV2VO temporary callsign for ARISS school contact, VHF/UHF and satellite activity during the mornings … Continue reading
26 June 2013 Six student teams and their supervisors have gathered at ESTEC for the kick-off of the new Fly Your Satellite! Programme under the ESA Education Office. For the next three days, ESA experts will introduce the objectives and … Continue reading
Especially for the Dutch amateurs the following message with information about the Dutch SatelliteNET. Elke zondagavond om 22:00 uur (lokale tijd) is het Nederlandstalig amateur satellietnet in FM te beluisteren op de frequentie 144,775 MHz. Dit satellietnet bestaat reeds sinds … Continue reading
This afternoon my AFEDRI SDR-Net SDR receiver arrived. After some connecting and configuring it is running at a 500k sample rate via the Ethernet interface card and gives me the whole 20m band in one view. The next couple of … Continue reading
LES-1 (Lincoln Experimental Satellite) Mission LES 1 and 2 (Lincoln Experimental Satellite 1 and 2) were essentially identical experimental communication satellites. Both featured a single X-band transponder and an 8-horn electronically switched antenna. Additionally, attitude control and sensing experiments were … Continue reading