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
O/OREOS Organism/ORganic Exposure to Orbital Stress The overall goal of the O/OREOS mission is to demonstrate the capability to do low-cost science experiments on autonomous Nano satellites in space in support of the Astrobiology Small Payloads program under the Planetary … Continue reading
This evening we did some telemetry decoding. April 1, 2013 17:50 UTC First CubeSat we gave a try was STRaND-1, but it wasn’t sending any data this evening (April 1, 2013 17:50 UTC). When I looked at the Satblog from … Continue reading
The Capitán Beto (AKA CubeBUG-1) Mission CubeBug-1 is the first technology demonstration mission for a new cubesat platform design (mechanics, hardware and software) intended to be released as Open Source and Open Hardware for its use in Amateur projects, University … Continue reading
Patch Antenna With the comming launch of the Triton 1/2 satellites it is time to think of a 13 cm receive option. On my old Ham Radio site I had a page of a simple patch antenna feed that was used for … Continue reading
Using a Sound Card Modem How can one decode satellite telemetry signals using a sound card modem. This information is based on one of my first telemetry decodes and can be outdated on some points. But never the less the … Continue reading