UO-11 (UoSAT OSCAR) In just six months time engineers at the University of Surrey developed, built and launched on 01-03-1984 UoSAT-2 as a piggyback payload aboard a U.S. Thor-Delta rocket carrying the LANDSAT-D earth observation satellite from Vandenberg Air Force … Continue reading
Yubileiny-2 (MiR) The small spacecraft MiR (Yubileiny-2) is one of them. The satellite was named after Mikhail Reshetnev, the founder and the first director of the company. The previous satellite for scientific purposes – Yubileiny – was placed into orbit … Continue reading
Close-up image captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) shows the July 6, 2012 X-class flare captured in the 171 Angstrom wavelength. Credit: NASA/SDO/AIA
The 7849km AO-7 world record set by AC0RA and I (NZ5N) on July 2 lasted less than 48 hours. Wyatt once again woke up early and this time drove 150 miles to EN41ad. We had a 30 second QSO at 0949Z … Continue reading
CAS-2 The CAS-2A1 and CAS-2A2 satellites will be combined into a binary star system for Amateur Radio communication and education. “There will be a radio link between the two satellites when the satellites are in suitable positions in their orbits, … Continue reading
First-Move The name MOVE is an acronym that stands for “Munich Orbital Verification Experiment”. Mission After reaching orbit, the first Hauptpayload of the launcher and is ejected after the first CubeSats. Develop only after 15 minutes, the fold-out solar panels … Continue reading