PW-Sat will go into orbit along with several other CubeSats early 2012, on board the new European Vega rocket. Launch will take place from the ESA space center near the town of Kourou in French Guiana (South America). This will be … Continue reading
Radio Aurora Explorer (RAX-2) RAX is a standard 3U CubeSat that is 10 cm x 10 cm x 34 cm in size and 2.8 kg (~6 lbs) in mass. The satellite is designed to these dimensions so that it can … Continue reading
Satellite Tracking The easiest way to know where a satellite is standing relative to your position on earth, is to make use of tracking software. Another advantage of the tracking software is that it can perform the Doppler correction using the … Continue reading
Amateur radio, often called ham radio, is both a hobby and a service in which participants, called “hams,” use various types of radio communications equipment to communicate with other radio amateurs for public service, recreation and self-training. Amateur radio operators … Continue reading
The conception of SRMSAT dates back to August 2008 when the vision of launching a student satellite was put forward in a seminar taken by eminent space scientist D.Raghavamurty. Enlightened by the scope and importance of such a magnificent multi- … Continue reading
AMRAD OSCAR (AO-27) AO-27 is an amateur satellite constructed by the Amateur Radio Research and Development Corporation (AMRAD) at the facilities of Interferometrics in McLean, Virginia. It was originally designed as a commercial satellite known as EYESAT-1 but its completion … Continue reading