CUSat-1 and CUSat-2 Mission The satellite has a 2 watt packet radio transmitter and carries Pulse Plasma Thrusters (PPT) which can raise or lower the orbit. Built by students at Cornell University CUSat-1/2 is a 45 kg space vehicle consisting … Continue reading →
26-04-2013 12:20 UTC Lower in frequency then was communicated a carrier with very weak audio that sounded like AX25 1200 baud. But there are signals that seem to be transmitted from CubeBUG-1. A job well done by the CubeBUG team, congratulations. 26-04-2013 20:08 … Continue reading →
Last night the Phonesats where launched with the Orbital Sciences Antares rocket. The primary goal of the Antares A-One mission is to deploy a test mass into low Earth Orbit that simulates the Cygnus spacecraft. But also onboard are the … Continue reading →
The two satellites BeeSAT-2 and SOMP are successfully deployed and are active the first CW and DATA signals are received. I myself was able to receive these satellites during the pass at 15:02 CEST / 13:02 UTC on April 21, … Continue reading →
BeeSAT-1 Berlin Experimental Educational Satellite, Technical University of Berlin. Mission BEESAT (Berlin Experimental and Educational Satellite) is a picosatellite project at TU Berlin. The main objective is the in-Orbit-Verification of miniaturized reaction wheels. Downlink 435.950 MHz FM 4k8 GMSK 0.5W, … Continue reading →
PhoneSat NASA’s Smartphone Nanosatellite Mission PhoneSat is a nanosatellite, categorizing the mass as between one and ten kilograms. Additionally, PhoneSat is a 1U CubeSat, having a volume of around one liter. The PhoneSat Project strives to decrease the cost of … Continue reading →