This TV news report from 2010 covers the contacts Thomas Medlin W5KUB had with astronaut Doug Wheelock KF5BOC while he was on the International Space Station.
Thomas Medlin W5KUB talked to Doug KF5BOC 29 times while he was commander of the ISS and Tom sent Doug some Memphis BBQ for his first meal after returning from 6 months in space.
Watch the TV news item followed by an interview with Doug who talks about the Memphis BBQ.
W5KUB website http://w5kub.com/
This video is of a presentation given by Jim White WD0E at COSMIAC on Acceptance, Integration and Test (AIT) including Early Operations (for nanosatellites and cubesats) with lessons learned from AIT.
The first qualification Vega flight from the space center at Kourou in the Caribbean is scheduled to take place on February 13 and a video showing the payloads is now available.
Watch Arianespace
Frequencies and URLs for the student amateur radio satellites can be seen at http://www.uk.amsat.org/4180
In this video Foundation holder Andreas Kellner VK4FHAW from Queensland works an amateur radio satellite using his homebrew LEO satellite system.
Watch Leo_0001.wmv
Read John Heath G7HIA’s article ‘Getting started on amateur radio satellites’ http://www.uk.amsat.org/267
Working the SSB satellites http://www.uk.amsat.org/2712
Working the FM satellites http://www.uk.amsat.org/2377
Working the FM-Sat SO-50 http://www.uk.amsat.org/4203
SimpleSatLookDown satellite tracking software http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=8217
Satellite Pass Predictions http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/
Masat-1 CubeSat
Andras Gschwindt HA5WH is requesting Radio Amateurs to send reports of telemetry data from the Hungarian student satellite Masat-1 due to be launched on February 13.
Andras HA5WH, head of the student group that made the first Hungarian CubeSat, Masat-1, says:
Masat-1 is a 1U cubesat and its basic mission is a technological experiment. You can find more on our web site: http://cubesat.bme.hu/en/
Masat-1 is onboard the Vega rocket which we hope will launch on February 13. My students at The Technical University of Budapest, are in need of telemetry data especially in the first one to two weeks after launch.
I would like to ask you to help us with the reception of our satellite by sending the received data back to us.
You can load the decoder software from our page but the most important would be the reception of the voltage and temperature from the CW data.
The call sign of Masat-1 is HA5MASAT and the telemetry transmission frequency is 437.345 MHz +/- 10 kHz Doppler shift. (the signal will start at 437.355 MHz and drift down to 437.335 MHz during a 10-15 minute orbital pass)
Watch the Masat-1 Eliptical Orbit video
The Masat-1 Ground Station Client Software was prepared to process the 437.345 MHz GFSK 625/1250 bps transmission received from the satellite Masat-1. The software provides the following functions:
– Audio demodulation
– Packet decoding
– Packet data visualization
– Frequency waterfall plot to aid radio tuning
Download the software and a test WAV file from http://cubesat.bme.hu/en/foldi-allomas/kliens-szoftver/
Some of the Masat-1 Team
Further information on Masat-1 is at http://www.uk.amsat.org/4249
For frequencies and URL links of the eight student built amateur radio satellites on Vega see http://www.uk.amsat.org/4180
Artists impression of UKube-1 in orbit
Members of UKSEDS are developing an amateur radio satellite payload called myPocketQub442 (437.425-437.525 MHz) that will fly on the UKube-1 satellite towards the end of the year.
UKSEDS is a space enthusiast organisation for both school and university students. Anyone who is interested can become a member of UKSEDS, young or old, student or non-student. Its aims are:
– To promote the exploration of space, and the research and development of space-related technologies.
– To provide a forum through which students can become involved in the international space community.
– To motivate students to excel in space-related fields.
– To share in the advancing knowledge and growing benefits to be reaped from space.
– To improve space-related education through both academic work and hands-on projects.
UKSEDS holds an annual National Conference, which brings together students throughout the country to learn more about space and to meet professionals in the space business.
Their myPocketQub442 project has been selected to fly on the UK Space Agency’s first mission UKube-1. Read all about it at http://ukseds.org/projects/ukube/
Members of the group took part in a parabolic flight on which they tested the hinges that deploy the solar panels of UKube-1.
Watch Microgravity-on-Demand 1/20111120/P11/3D1L raw video
OpenSpace365 myPocketQub442 List of Missions http://openspace365.appspot.com/
If you are interested in setting up a UKSEDS branch at your school or university please see
http://ukseds.org/branches/
UKSEDS http://ukseds.org/
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