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Space is the Place: Student Built Cube Satellites
CubeSats at San Mateo College Makerspace Launch Event
On September 10, the “MENTOR Makerspace” program kicked off with a special event held at the College of San Mateo. The MENTOR Makerspace program has a goal of introducing low-cost makerspaces into 1,000 high schools over the next three years.
NASA’s Matthew Reyes attended the event and in this interview with Tony Wan he explains how students from San Jose State University went from tinkering in their local TechShop to exploring the final frontier.
Videos of CubeSat / Microsat presentations given to the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium
Holiday Inn and RSGB GB4FUN communications module
The videos of the amateur radio CubeSat and Microsat presentations given to the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium 2012 are available to either watch online or download.
DLR rejects amateur radio P5-/Mascot-2 project
AMSAT-DL have released a statement regarding the P5-/Mascot-2 project:
Discussions with the German Ministry of Economics and the German space agency DLR spanned more than 5 years. Amongst others, we met with State Secretary for Space and Aerospace Hinze, DLR chairman Prof. Wörner and the DLR Program Board. In 2009 AMSAT-DL, in collaboration with the DLR Institute for Space Systems in Bremen, conducted two complex Concurrent Engineering studies. They were jointly presented to the DLR program board in Köln-Porz in 2010.
Amateur Radio CubeSats Launched from Vandenberg
CSSWE – University of Colorado Boulder
On September 13, 2012 at 2139 UT an Atlas V rocket launched a combination of 11 satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for the US Government and NASA ELaNa university CubeSats.
Nick Pugh K5QXJ reports hearing CSSWE on 435.345 MHz.
HamRadioNow – "AMSAT Mission to MARS?*"
In this HamRadioNow video AMSAT President, Barry Baines WD4ASW, gives an update on what AMSAT is up to now and planning for the future.
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