Nov 23 2012

International Space Station Research Competition Workshop Video

In this video Mike Johnson of NanoRacks gives an overview of the NanoLab Experiment to the group assembled for the International Space Station Research Competition Workshop Friday, October 5, 2012 at the Florida Solar Energy Center.

Space Florida and NanoRacks have partnered to provide a Competition in which up to 8 Winners will have an opportunity to fly their payloads to the International Space Station (ISS) and have scientific research conducted on board the U.S. National Lab. It is intended that the winning payloads will fly on a SpaceX Falcon 9 inside the Dragon spacecraft, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

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Nov 23 2012

RSGB Spectrum Forum and ETCC Minutes

The minutes of the recent meetings of the RSGB Spectrum Forum and the ETCC are now available on the RSGB website.

Spectrum Forum minutes and reports
http://www.rsgb.org/committees/spectrumforum/spectrum-forum-meeting-minutes.php

RSGB Emerging Technology Co-ordination Committee (ETCC) minutes
http://www.ukrepeater.net/minutes.html

Nov 21 2012

A CubeSat’s Road from University to Space

ConSat-1 – Image Credit Space Concordia

In this video Nick Sweet of Concordia’s Student-run astronautical engineering group Space Concordia describes his teams winning CubeSat entry and provides an insightful analysis of the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge at the 2012 Canadian Space Summit.

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Nov 21 2012

A CubeSat's Road from University to Space

ConSat-1 – Image Credit Space Concordia

In this video Nick Sweet of Concordia’s Student-run astronautical engineering group Space Concordia describes his teams winning CubeSat entry and provides an insightful analysis of the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge at the 2012 Canadian Space Summit.

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Nov 21 2012

.Oculus-ASR Microsatellite

Close-up of the Oculus-ASR in the Lab – Image credit Michigan Tech Aerospace Enterprise

Oculus-ASR is a 70 kg satellite 45.72 cm by 78.74 cm by 45.72 cm. It consists of two modules that are permanently attached. An octagonal module, referred to as the Oculus module, sits atop a square module, known as the ASR module.

The Michigan Technological University Aerospace Enterprise team are proposing to fly a V/U transceiver with an AX.25 packet downlink.

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Nov 20 2012

KN-SAT1 Prototype Subsystems Design and Testing

KN-SAT1 Students at ST2UOK Khartoum

KN-SAT1 Students at ST2UOK Khartoum

The KN-SAT1 CubeSat, which will have a VHF downlink, is being developed at the University Of Khartoum.

Mahmoud Esawi has made available a video which shows KN-SAT1 Prototype2 subsystems design and testing.

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