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Prison Inmates Build Deployers for CubeSats
NBC News reports that inmates at San Quentin prison are building CubeSat orbital deployers. P-PODs, Poly Picosatellite Orbital Deployers are aluminum boxes designed to hold tiny satellites known as...
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Government delays response to Reform of the Outer Space Act 1986 consultation
A statement on the UK Space Agency (UKSA) site says: Due to the range of views received during the Reform of the Outer Space Act 1986 consultation the Government response has been delayed. We hope to...
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Data Format for Korean OSSI CubeSat
Information has been released on the data format to be used by the Open Source Satellite Initiative (OSSI) CubeSat developed by Hojun Song DS1SBO. The OSSI Data Format spreadsheet can be seen at...
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Two TV CubeSats from Ecuador
NEE-02 Krysaor – Image credit EXA Ecuador is hoping to have two CubeSats in orbit this year. Their first CubeSat NEE-01 Pegasus will carry a 720p HD camera to send live video from space using a 0.9...
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Antares-110 Amateur Radio CubeSat Integration Completed
Image Credit Spaceflight Inc Several CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads are planned to launch on the Antares-110 mission in April. On the CubeSat mailing list Jason Andrews President and CEO of...
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Tiny Satellites’ Big Mission: Going Beyond Earth Orbit
Artist’s concept of the Interplanetary NanoSpacecraft Pathfinder In Relevant Environment (INSPIRE) CubeSat project – Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech TechNewsDaily contributor Rachel Kaufman interviewed...
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Status of active satellites on amateur radio frequencies
Mike Rupprecht DK3WN One of the most frequently asked questions from newcomers to amateur satellites must be “Which satellites can I receive?” Mike Rupprecht DK3WN has produced a summary of all active...
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A Decade of CubeSats
In this video Professor Bob Twiggs KE6QMD talks about a decade of CubeSats. The presentation was given to the 1st International Workshop on LunarCubes November 13, 2012 Palo Alto, California. Watch...
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Ecuadorian TV CubeSats pass qualification tests in the Netherlands
CubeSat NEE-01 Pegasus – Image credit EXA EXA Announcement: Guayaquil, March 13, 2013. – The Ecuadorian satellites NEE-01 PEGASUS and NEE-02 KRYSAOR passed all qualification tests for space flight and...
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Antares CubeSat Launch
Antares Rocket Tuesday, April 16, 2013 The launch of Antares carrying three CubeSats with amateur radio payloads is expected to take place on Wednesday, April 17. ANS reports that three PhoneSat...
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JAXA Plan CubeSat Deployment from ISS
Kibo Robot Arm CubeSat Deployment Masa JN1GKZ reports on four CubeSats that are being sent to the International Space Station on August 4, 2013. The Japanese space agency JAXA has announced that four...
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QB50 satellites apply for frequency coordination
The first CubeSats of the planned QB50 satellite constellation have applied to the IARU for frequency coordination. QB50 has the scientific objective to study in situ the temporal and spatial...
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Satellite TLE Challenge Begins
Dnepr Launch November 21, 2013 – Credit ISC Kosmotras This week has seen deployments from the ISS, a Minotaur-1 and a Dnepr of an estimated 34 satellites carrying amateur radio payloads along with a...
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Amateur radio CubeSats prepared for deployment
Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA installing CubeSat deployers on the Multipurpose Experiment Platform inside the Kibo laboratory of the ISS NASA reports that on Thursday, February 20, 2014, International Space...
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