Navy-OSCAR 44 (PCSat) Launched September 30, 2001 from the Kodiak Launch Complex on Kodiak Island, Alaska aboard Athena I. Kodiak Star was the first planned orbital launch from the new Kodiak Launch Complex in Alaska was a NASA collaborative mission … Continue reading
The first student built amateur radio CubeSats to be sponsored by ESA’s Education Office have passed their Final Acceptance Review and have been declared ready for launch on board the maiden flight of Vega, the new ESA launcher. The launch … Continue reading
The dutch astronaut André Kuipers is ready for takeoff. Another two days and then for the second time Andre Kuipers will leaves to the International Space Station. A historic journey, because Kuipers will break various records. Thus he becomes the first Dutch astronaut in space for a long time, which is nearly six months. He is also the first Dutch astronaut who is launched for a second … Continue reading
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
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
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