Hector Martinez CO6CBF
Hector, CO6CBF reports on his successful transatlantic contact between Cuba and Spain using the amateur radio satellite FO-29.
Cuba to Spain on amateur radio satellite FO-29
Monthly Archives: December 2012
Australian Radio Ham’s Spacecraft Missions
Inner West Courier – Robert Brand VK2URB
The Inner West Courier reports that Robert Brand VK2URB is hoping to break new ground with two space missions he is participating in.
The Sydney newspaper says he is involved in the communications system for the Team Stellar Lunar mission scheduled for 2014, as part of an entry in the Google Lunar X Prize.
In addition he is working on a UK-based Mars mission, scheduled for 2020, that aims to sniff out biological methane.
Read the newspaper article – From Sydney to Mars mission
http://inner-west-courier.whereilive.com.au/news/story/from-sydney-telecommunications-to-navigating-mars-mission/
Robert’s son Jason VK2FJAB was interviewed on Channel 9 TV earlier this year.
10 year old Radio Ham talks of his DIY Space Projects on TV http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=8821
Australian Radio Ham's Spacecraft Missions
Inner West Courier – Robert Brand VK2URB
The Inner West Courier reports that Robert Brand VK2URB is hoping to break new ground with two space missions he is participating in.
The Sydney newspaper says he is involved in the communications system for the Team Stellar Lunar mission scheduled for 2014, as part of an entry in the Google Lunar X Prize.
In addition he is working on a UK-based Mars mission, scheduled for 2020, that aims to sniff out biological methane.
Read the newspaper article – From Sydney to Mars mission
http://inner-west-courier.whereilive.com.au/news/story/from-sydney-telecommunications-to-navigating-mars-mission/
Robert’s son Jason VK2FJAB was interviewed on Channel 9 TV earlier this year.
10 year old Radio Ham talks of his DIY Space Projects on TV http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=8821
Vintage Documentary of IO-26 ITAMSAT
IO-26 ITAMSAT
This documentary shows the preparation and launch of the first Italian amateur radio satellite, September 26, 1993. It was encoded and uploaded from original video master.
A Day in the Life of SkyCube Engineering
Tim DeBenedictis and Anna Vital with the SkyCube satellite
This video shows some typical SkyCube nano-satellite engineering work at Southern Stars’ office in San Francisco, CA. Chris verifies a solution to a serial data output problem on the main computer processor board; Scott puts solar panels together; and Mark tests the balloon inflation mechanism.
AMSAT-UK 
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