Information about the danish Aalborg University cubesat development. AAUSat3 Mission AAUSAT3 is the third CubeSat built and operated by students from Aalborg University in Denmark. It will be launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India on a PSLV-20 rocket. … Continue reading
STRaND-1 After todays succesfull launch with a PSLV-C20 from Satish Dhawan Space Center (Sriharikota, India) the first signals are recieved from STRaND-1, this 3U nanosat that is build at the Surrey Space Centre (University of Surrey) using a Google Nexus-I … Continue reading
STRaND-1 (Surrey Training, Research and Nanosatellite Demonstration) Mission The STRaND programme is intended to be a long-term arrangement between SSTL and the SSC, with STRaND-1 the first of a long line of STRaND nanosatellites. It builds upon a similar programme, … Continue reading
Space plasma experiment “Shadow” onboard International Space Station (ISS) with participation of radio amateurs. Motivation and background Many space professionals are looking forward to further space exploration using electric thrusters (ET). Unlike ordinary chemical propulsion systems, ET demonstrate much more … Continue reading
ESA invites European student teams who are building CubeSats with mainly educational objectives to propose their satellite for the new ‘Fly Your Satellite!’ programme. ‘Fly Your Satellite!’ is an exciting new initiative from the ESA Education and Knowledge Management Office. … Continue reading
It is understood that the ISS amateur radio SpEx Shadow-Beacon experiment is planned to take place February 1-3 and 8-10. The timetable is here. The Central Research Institute of Machine Building (TSNIIMASH) in Russia is conducting a series of space … Continue reading