KiwiSAT – A New Zealand Satellite KiwiSAT will carry both amateur radio communications; and a scientific experiment in small satellite attitude control (ADAC). KiwiSAT development is completed ready for launch into a LEO orbit. Target launch date – mid 2013. … Continue reading
Aeneas Developed by the University of Southern California. Mission The primary payload speaks to a mission with global reach: tracking cargo containers over the open ocean with a 1-watt WiFi-like transceiver. A current tracking system for cargo containers, designed by our … Continue reading
FUNcube Dongle Pro+ Arrived Yesterday I received the new FUNCube in the mail, It all looks very neat and Howard has left nothing to chance to deliver the SDR receiver in the right way. It is shipped in a professional manner, … Continue reading
The last prism mission is now active. This is specially for Ham radio operators. PRISM’s downlink has been received among amateur radio operators since the launch of PRISM. This HAM Radio Service allows amateur radio operators to uplink messages to … Continue reading
Space surveillance Every time a satellite is launched, there is allways a periode that is known as the TLE lotery. This is the time that we try to find out what object belongs to what satellite. Many amateur radio satellite … Continue reading
Kepler (TLE) data for the ISS/JAXA cubesat launch The TLE of the five CubeSats recently launched from ISS are now available with the NORAD registration numbers 1998-067-CN, CP, CQ, CR, CS. 1998 ? Yes as NORAD considers they are parts … Continue reading