i-INSPIRE-2 activated with the help of the CAMRAS 25 meter dish In the weekend of June 10/11, 2017 volunteers from the 25m dish in Dwingeloo The Netherlands where successful in activating the Australian QB50 satellite i-INSPIRE-2. This satellite is build … Continue reading
The Perseid meteor shower 2016. This year I want to try and receive passing meteors from the Perseid meteor shower. Below a table for the coming days with direction and time to receive the meteors. Receptions is done with the … Continue reading
Amsat-DL has announced the P4-A Frequencies for Narrow (NB) and Wideband (WB) transponder on Es’Hail-2 geostationary satellite. It will be launched in December 2016. Latest launch information is Q1/2017. X-Band Downlink: 89 cm dishes in rainy areas at EOC like … Continue reading
Lonestar-2 (AggieSAT-4 and BEVO-2) Launched from the International Space Station. Source: Tim Peak on Flickr It was only on the fifth pass that I could receive signals from AggieSAT-4 on 436.250 MHz. Data is send with 9600 baud FSK and … Continue reading
MCubed-2 appears to be alive again! Michigan Exploration Laboratory (MXL)is quite surprised and excited that MC2 is back. There theory was that an SD card failed and shorted out the flight computer. They will download telemetry to see if any … Continue reading
To everyone that is following and visiting this blog. I wish you all a great, challenging, satisfying and healthy 2016.