HORYU-2 Built by students at the Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT) HORYU-2 is 350 * 310 * 315 mm and mass is 7.1 kg. It will be launched into a Sun-Synchronous 680 km orbit with an inclination of 98.2°and operate … Continue reading
VO-52 seems to be down, it hasn’t been heard in the last couple of days. I hope that the ground station in India will give some information about the status of this great Satellite soon.
Today we put up a multi band antenna that can be used for 28, 21 and 14 MHz. The next couple of days we will give Oscar 7 a try when it is in mode A. I hope noise levels … Continue reading
Unfortunately, we are sorry to inform that the ‘Expert Committee’ overseeing the VO-52 (HAMSAT) performance has advised to extend the ‘Observation Period’ by an other week. Hence, the decision to switch on the transponder # 2 is now put ‘ON … Continue reading
Hello All, All that I can share at this moment is ‘HAMSAT VO-52’ is in ‘Excellent Health’ after recovery operations. Right now, it is under observation. However, decision about switching ‘ON’ the transponder is pending clearance. Decision expected in other … Continue reading
Preliminary TLE (Orbital Elements) for the upcoming VEGA launch TLE-new 19-02-2012 12:00 UTC ALMASAT-1 1 38078U 12006B 12049.33443324 .00018909 00000-0 55604-3 0 123 2 38078 69.4856 227.8040 0775179 38.1714 327.1743 14.04552460 692 2012-006C 1 38079U 12006C 12049.75727519 .00032984 00000-0 85788-3 … Continue reading