ELaNa: Educational Launch of Nanosatellites NASA and the Launch Services Program are partnering with several universities to launch small research satellites. These small satellites are called CubeSats because of their shape. Small satellite missions provide NASA with valuable opportunities to … Continue reading
AMSAT submitted a proposal to NASA for their CubeSat Launch Initiative, also known as the ‘Educational Launch of NanoSat’ (ELaNa) program. NASA selects projects that they deem to have merit in support of their strategic and educational goals. Projects that … Continue reading
Hot off the press – Lecture Cubesats Veron Breda (R07) Wouter Weggelaar (PA3WEG) will give a lecture on cubsats including Delfi-C3, Delfi-n3Xt and FUNcube on March 6, 2012. The lecture will take place during one of the club nights of Veron … 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
1200 Bit/s BPSK AX.25 soundcard demodulator Warbler is a piece of software made by Wouter Jan Ubbels (PE4WJ) which can be used to demodulate a 1200Bit/s AX.25 BPSK signal (e.g. from AMSAT-OSCAR 16/PACSAT or ITAMSAT-OSCAR 26), using the PC’s soundcard. … Continue reading
70cm Amateur Station Active on Packet from ISS Columbus Module The amateur radio station located in the Columbus module is currently operational with the UHF Ericsson transceiver and packet system using the frequency of 437.550 MHz. To utilize the packet … Continue reading