RSGB VHF-UHF Manual and Radio Communication Handbook used by Korean satellite pioneer Sungdong Park
The RSGB amateur radio books VHF-UHF Manual and the Radio Communication Handbook were referenced by Korean satellite pioneer Sungdong Park when he made the first Korean satellite KitSAT-OSCAR-23 in early 90’s.
Vega Amateur Radio CubeSats PW-Sat, Masat-1 and Robusta
ESA’s Education Office is inviting the CubeSat community to send their notifications of interest for a new initiative involving the development of educational picosatellites and the provision of deployers and launch services. The call closes on 7 September 2012.
This video presentation describes a CubeSat with an Ion Drive that in 2013 could travel to the Moon.
Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex 70m Dish – Image Credit NASA
Prior to the Curiosity Mars landing this morning Aug 6, The Canberra Times interviewed radio amateur Len Ricardo VK1ALR, operations manager at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, who will be providing a communications link for the Mars Curiosity Rover.
Curiosity – Image Credit NASA
NASA’s most advanced Mars rover Curiosity has landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by ropes from a rocket backpack, touched down onto Mars Monday, August 6 UT to end a 36-week flight and begin a two-year investigation.
Space Jam 6 at the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, Illinois, USA – Akihiko Hoshide, KE5DNI Sunday, August 5, 2012. Station WB9SA in Illinois, USA will call NA1SS at approximately 10:06 UT.
AMSAT-UK 
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