Tim DeBenedictis and Anna Vital with the SkyCube satellite
This video shows a preliminary qualification test of SkyCube’s electronic components in Evan Neumann’s thermal vacuum chamber in San Francisco, CA, December 19, 2012.
SkyCube Vacuum Test
Monthly Archives: December 2012
UKube-1 Signs up for Launch and Completes Thermal Vacuum Testing
Clyde Space have successfully completed Thermal Vacuum Testing, where the UKube-1 Flight Model was operated in a simulated space environment (i.e. no air and at temperature extremes)
UKube-1 the UK Space Agency’s (UKSA) first satellite has ‘booked’ its journey into space on a Russian Soyuz-2 rocket. The launch from Baikonur in Kazakhstan is expected to take place in the 3rd quarter of 2013. UKube-1 has also completed Thermal Vacuum Testing to verify the spacecraft operation in a simulated space environment.
UKube-1 will carry a set of AMSAT-UK FUNcube boards to provide a 435/145 MHz linear transponder and a 145.915 MHz BPSK telemetry beacon for educational outreach.
KySat-2 CubeSat plans to fly Summer 2013
KySat-2 (K2) is a 1U CubeSat to fulfill the education and public outreach mission of the original KySat-1 CubeSat that was lost during a launch vehicle failure of ELaNa I and accompanying NASA GLORY mission.
AMSAT Receives $25,000 Matching Funds Challenge
AMSAT-NA President Barry Baines, WD4ASW says that they have received a matching funds challenge! An anonymous donor will match up to $25,000.00 for Fox. Now is the time to take advantage of this opportunity to double your donation.
Barry writes, “We end 2012 with significant progress made on the development of Fox-1. A formal proposal to launch Fox-1B was submitted to the NASA ELaNA (Education Launch of Nanosatellites) program on November 19, 2012. NASA is expected to announce in late January or early February 2013 those projects that have been selected. This is our second ELaNA submission, and we believe the merits of this proposal are even stronger than our original Fox-1 proposal.”
Read the full story and details of how to donate at http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/index.php
AMSAT Presentation at Qatar International Amateur Radio Festival
AMSAT-DL President Peter Guelzow DB2OS at the Qatar National Day Station A71QND
AMSAT-DL President Peter Guelzow DB2OS gave a presentation about the AMSAT P3E and P5 missions at the Qatar international amateur radio festival at the Al Rayyan Theatre in Souq Waqif.
AMSAT-UK 
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