Go to AMSAT News for the latest headlines about developments in amateur and student satellites and for updates about amateur radio on the ISS.
ANS 335 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin – November 30, 2013:
* November/December 2013 AMSAT Journal is Ready
* Commands for WREN SSTV Released
* FUNcube – AO73 Data Warehouse
* South Africa ZACube-1 Now Named TshepisoSat
* AMSAT in the Press
* AMSAT SKN ON OSCAR 2014 IN MEMORY OF W2LV
I mentioned the other day the deployment of three small cubesat spacecraft (10 cm x 10 cm x 10cm) from the International Space Station. They were ejected with a special device attached to the Japanese Kibo module. Below is a great photo of the deployment: Cubesats Released From Space Station – NASA
Click for high resolution version.
See the NanoRacks website for information on how to get your cubesat into orbit via the ISS. See also the article : Right This Way to the Space Station – Air & Space Magazine.
Go to AMSAT News for the latest headlines about developments in amateur and student satellites and for updates about amateur radio on the ISS.
ANS 328 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin – Nov.23, 2013:
* A Historic Week for CubeSat Launches
This week has seen the deployment of 64 cubesats, with 35 of the satellites operating on amateur radio frequencies, now orbiting our Earth.
Barry Baines, WD4ASW, President of AMSAT-NA and all of the editors of the AMSAT News Service wish to congratulate all of the teams that have had satellites deployed. May your birds fly high, sing loud, and live long!
I have tried to capture a majority of the events as they have occurred from the newest (at the top) to the oldest (earlier in the week at the bottom). For further information please check the team’s website or better yet, get on the air and work the birds!
* FUNcube-1 spacecraft now named AO-73
* Amateur Radio Satellites Launched Nov 21 on Dnepr
* NASA ELaNa-4 Cubesats Launched Nov 19 with ORS-3 Minotaur from Wallops, VA
* South Africa ZACube-1 Now Named TshepisoSat
* Assistance requested in receiving UNISAT-5 payloads
* Adding new satellites to SatPC32 and Gpredict
* Triton-1 Update November 23
* Delfi-n3Xt Update November 22
* FUNcube-1 (AO-73) Transponder Activation
* FUNcube-1 Transponder in Autonomous Mode
* Satellite TLE Challenge Begins
* FUNcube-1 (AO-73) Transponder Test Saturday November 23
* $50Sat Eagle2 PocketQube Operational
* BBC TV visit FUNcube station at RSGB National Radio Centre
* FUNcube-1 (AO-73): First Transponder Test
* FUNcube-1 (AO-73): First Fitter Message Uploaded
* FUNcube-1 Loud and Clear in Essex
* FUNcube-1 on BBC News
* Florida SwampSat Team Request Assistance
* FUNcube-1 Deployed
* FUNcube-1 Bletchley Park monitoring station ready for launch
* Minotaur-1 Deploys CubeSats
* Triton-1 Update
* FUNcube Dashboard – New Version v806 Released
* Help Track ISS CubeSats
* Delfi-n3Xt Update
* Help needed with the CAPE II satellite
* Dual-Band Slim Jim Antenna for Satellites
* PhoneSat 2.4
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts from All Over
Opportunities are opening up rapidly for students from high school to grad school to see their own space science and satellite projects reach space.
For example, NanoRacks offers access to the International Space Station for both science experiments on the station and to launch Cubesats from the station : Right This Way to the Space Station – Air & Space Magazine
Here is a video of 3 satellites released from the ISS this week:
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And on Tuesday evening, an Orbital Sciences rocket orbited 28 Cubesats, many of which were built by students groups including one in high school:
Here’s a video of the launch of the Minotaur rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia:
Go to AMSAT News for the latest headlines about developments in amateur and student satellites and for updates about amateur radio on the ISS.
ANS 321 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin – Nov.16, 2013:
* FUNcube-1 Dashboard Software Released
* FUNcube Dashboard/Data Warehouse Registration
* Hector Martinez, CO6CBF/KF5XYV Earns US Technician License
* FUNCube Handbook is Available
* Election Results from AMSAT-India
* ESA Astronaut Luca Parmitano Back Home – Made 231 Random QSO’s
* FUNCube PreLaunch Keps
* Crossband Transponders on AMSAT Argentina November 23 Balloon Flight
* Happy Birthday to AO-7!
* KySat-2 Announces Telemetry Dashboard Software and Tracking Aids
* Symposium Photos for Journal Requested by December 1
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
