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 debris close to the FO-29 The United States Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) has identified a predicted conjunction between JAS 2 (SCC # 24278) and SCC # 10470. Primary Object: JAS 2 (SCC # 24278) Secondary Object: SCC # 10470 … Continue reading
F-1 Vietnamese Amateur Radio Club F-1 CubeSat is an educational pico-satellite developed by FSpace laboratory, FPT Technology Research Institute, FPT University in Hanoi, Vietnam. The project started in late 2008 and plan to be completed in 2012 with the launch … Continue reading
UKube-1 The UKube-1 nanosatellite is a collaboration between the UK Space Agency, industry and academia. It will allow the UK to fly educational packages, test new technologies and carry out new space research quickly and efficiently. It is envisaged as … Continue reading
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
ALMASat-1 In the recent years, the space research activity has been characterized by the large number of university small satellites that have been built and launched. On one side, this allows the direct participation of students to a real space … Continue reading