http://thespacereview.com/article/2577/1
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http://www.parabolicarc.com/2014/08/01/rocket-labs-history/
I'm reminded of that line from the movie Jerry Maguire: show me
the money. It would be nice if what was advertised is actually what
the company delivers, as it could
On 8/1/14, M5AKA m5...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
The $295,000 for a 3U CubeSat to LEO (which presumably means a 600 km or
lower LEO) seems comparable with prices from others using proven launchers
(typically $100k for 1U).
It highlights the importance of partnering with others, such as Educational
On 8/1/14, Paul Stoetzer n...@arrl.net wrote:
The Wikipedia article on CubeSats
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSat) has a very nice summary of why
they are the present and future of the small satellite industry:
The CubeSat specification accomplishes several high-level goals.
On 7/30/14, Rich/wa4bue richard.s...@verizon.net wrote:
The cost of a launch has been a problem since day one of our space program
and will remain a problem until there are many paradigm shifts. But the
longer it is business as usual, the cost to orbit a satellite will remain
high. Not but a
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2014/07/29/rocket-lab-announces-small-satellite-launcher/
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadgets/60372738/kiwi-rocket-company-ready-to-blast-off.html
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/07/29/kiwi-launches-world-first-cheap-rocket-0
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On 7/29/14, M5AKA m5...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
It#39;s another company that has yet to demonstrate it can actually achieve
successful satellite launches, there must be about half a dozen such
companies by now. But I guess there#39;s a good chance some of them may
succeed in launching a satellite
It was the space program that persuaded me to study engineering and
also to become involved with satellites.
Many thanks to all who made the events of that day possible.
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http://innerspace.net/cotscommercial-crew/cygnus-vessel-ss-janice-e-voss-berthed-to-iss/
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/07/orb-2-cygnus-iss-rendezvous-berthing/
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2014/07/16/cygnus-berths-space-station/
It's an appropriate day
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Sorry about my earlier empty message. I was a touch clumsy with my
keyboard and sent it off while I was editing. Too much junk on my
desk, hi.
I listened to the CW beacon during the pass which finished here
roughly half an hour ago.
The signal was 48, but was not continuous like, say, the
The signal was strong and clear as it was earlier. I started
monitoring at 0408, when the satellite came from behind my apartment
building.
At 0409, it transmitted
UKUBE1020A780
AT 0412, it sent:
UKUBE1020A078
I listened until the end of the pass but no further transmissions
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2014/07/14/falcon-9-launches-orbcomm-satellites/
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/07/spacex-falcon-9-v1-1-orbcomm-og2-mission/
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http://www.americaspace.com/?p=63987
http://www.newspacejournal.com/2014/07/13/antares-lifts-off-to-iss/
http://www.newspacejournal.com/2014/07/11/weather-delays-antares-launch-again/
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2014/07/11/cygnus-launch-delayed-sunday/
http://spacecollege.org/isee3/isee-3-status-report-9-july-2014-afternoon.html
http://www.americaspace.com/?p=63937
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http://www.newspacejournal.com/2014/07/08/another-smallsat-launch-venture-enters-the-market-but-is-there-a-market-for-it/
Got a bit clumsy while editing and sent it off before I finished.
Note the price and the comparison with SpaceX's Falcon 1.
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http://www.americaspace.com/?p=63638
http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/news/orbital-announces-new-launch-date-for-orb-2
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An earlier news item on delays for upcoming SpaceX and Orbital launches:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/06/commercial-duo-refine-upcoming-launch-dates/
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On 5/21/14, Clint Bradford clintbradf...@mac.com wrote:
Promo/trailer for The Last Man on the Moon, a documentary of the life of
Gene Cernan,
the last man to step foot on the moon.
While we're at it, it's the 45th anniversary of Apollo 10 this week.
Tom Stafford, John Young, and Gene Cernan
http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-flight-missions/commercial-space-space-flight-missions/spacex/orbcomm_og2/bad-turn-events-spacex-terms-lawsuit-orbcomm-og2-launch/
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On 5/7/14, M5AKA m5...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
From the LituanicaSAT-1 team. 73 Trevor M5AKA
Dear radio amateurs,
I would like to notify that after a one month of uninterrupted and stable
operation of LituanicaSAT-1 we have decided to perform watchdog operational
test. As a consequence the
I listened to the signal on CW between 1957 and 1959 today here in
DO33. It was somewhat fainter than the previous pass with some more
background noise.
Towards the end of the window, I switched over to FM and heard it for
a few seconds as well before I lost the signal behind my apartment
On 4/29/14, Bryce Salmi bstguitar...@gmail.com wrote:
Elon tweeted this and I wanted to share, one step closer to reusable
rockets and reduced launch costs! This view is from a camera near the top
of Falcon 9 looking down the rocket.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/461055064438628353
http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/news/orbital-and-atk-announce-merger
No mention on how this will affect smaller payloads such as amateur
radio satellites.
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On 4/25/14, Stephen Thornber skthorn...@mac.com wrote:
Hello,
I live in Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
Any body close to me who can help me set up for satellite operations.
Or even decide if it is worth doing in the UK ?
I have a great shack, a number of VHF/UHF HF rigs, a mast - deciding if I
http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-flight-missions/commercial-space-space-flight-missions/spacex/crs-3/spacex-president-shotwell-talks-recovery-efforts-recent-ribbon-cutting-ceremony/
http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/news/spacex-landing-experiment-works-nasa-slips-orb-2-launch-date
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I recently installed Gpredict 1.4 on a machine running openSUSE 13.1,
along with Hamlib 1.2.14. I can control my radio with that
combination, except the radio switches between VFOs every time the
software updates the output. That temporarily cuts out the audio,
which would be rather annoying
http://innerspace.net/spacex/nasa-spacex-press-conference-reveals-new-details-on-todays-launch/
http://www.newspacejournal.com/2014/04/18/falcon-9-launches-dragon-outcome-of-reusability-experiment-unclear/
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http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/04/spacex-crs-3-dragon-new-milestones/
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2014/04/14/spacex-scrubs-falcon-9-launch/
http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/news/spacex-scrubs-crs-3-launch
Next earliest day will be this coming Friday, weather permitting.
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http://www.americaspace.com/?p=57305
http://innerspace.net/spacex/spacex-3-the-word-is-go/
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/04/imminent-spacewalks-external-mdm-failure-iss/
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2014/04/13/spacex-dragon-flight-iss-monday/
http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/news/balky-iss-computer-may-delay-spacex-crs-3-launch
http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-flight-missions/commercial-space-space-flight-missions/orbital/orb_2/orb-2-track-may-6-launch-may-still-delayed-update/
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On 4/12/14, Les Rayburn l...@highnoonfilm.com wrote:
I've had trouble lately keeping up with the launches of new satellites,
and trying to separate those that carry experiments, beacons, etc. from
those that have active transponders available for amateur use.
Is there a list online somewhere
On 4/1/14, Daniel Schultz n8...@usa.net wrote:
The following paper A Necro-Biological Explanation for the Fermi Paradox
appeared on the physics preprint server this morning:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1403.8146
The Fermi Paradox asks, if there are other intelligent civilizations in the
galaxy,
On 3/29/14, Jerry Buxton am...@n0jy.org wrote:
When Fox-1 is completed, the whole design kit and kaboodle will be
published to shed the ITAR shroud (as we have done with what has been
developed as we go along, in the AMSAT-NA Space Symposium Proceedings)
and anyone who wants to build one can
On 3/29/14, Michael mat...@charter.net wrote:
Been down this road before. I have nothing against operators who want
to work satellites with an HT and a handheld antenna. I tried it and
don't see the attraction once the novelty wears off but hey, to each
their own. Said it before and I'll
On 3/28/14, Clayton Coleman kayakfis...@gmail.com wrote:
The past 7 days there has been a noticeable increase in activity on
most satellite passes over North America due in part to a grid
expedition by AC0RA. Wyatt posted his expedition here on the BB a few
weeks ago. Over the course of this
On 3/29/14, JoAnne Maenpaa k9...@comcast.net wrote:
Hi Bernhard,
Now if I could only convince them to include a
transponder for us hams ...
FUNcube boards and the AMSAT-NA Fox-1 boards include the capability to
transmit telemetry data modes and support a voice transponder. Not
sure what
On 3/29/14, n0jy n...@n0jy.org wrote:
When Fox-1 is completed, the whole design kit and kaboodle will be
published to shed the ITAR shroud (as we have done with what has been
developed as we go along, in the AMSAT-NA Space Symposium Proceedings)
and anyone who wants to build one can use it or
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/03/sewing-machine-contamination-spacexs-crs-3-dragon/
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On 3/4/14, M5AKA m5...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Launch of Two Hundred 437 MHz Satellites
http://amsat-uk.org/2014/03/03/launch-of-two-hundred-437-mhz-satellites/
Southampton University Wireless Society WebSDR Tracks LitSat-1
On 2/26/14, Jeffrey Koehler jeffk13...@yahoo.com wrote:
This adolescent crap really gets old. Just delete it if you don't want to
read it.
Good grief.
Naaah. Somebody's bound to complain that it wears out their Delete key, hi.
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On 2/15/14, JoAnne Maenpaa k9...@comcast.net wrote:
Hello,
I saw a space story on-line which is interesting in case it burns up
over your QTH. A Kosmos satellite is estimated to re-enter and crash
on Sunday:
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/02/15/russian-reconnaissance-satel
http://www.newspacejournal.com/2014/02/08/spacex-sets-date-for-next-crs-mission-as-orbital-makes-long-term-plans/
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/02/spacex-dragons-crs-3-launch-march-16/
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The flight was smooth and Cygnus has deployed its photovoltaic arrays.
Rendezvous and docking with the ISS is scheduled for Sunday.
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http://www.americaspace.com/?p=48646
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http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/01/orbitals-antares-loft-cygnus-orb-1-mission/
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http://www.americaspace.com/?p=47039
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On 12/9/13, Alan wa4...@gmail.com wrote:
David,
It is much more efficient in terms of the information transmitted, hence
power and bandwidth, to use
the raw binary/hex for transmission. It also saves the programming and
memory in the satellite CPU.
The combination frees up resources which
On 12/9/13, Todd Bloomingdale tbloomingd...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello all.
I got the interest bug of working the radio satellites. But with all this
new satellites going up, im a little overwhelmed about information on what
each one does or frequencies ect. Basically is there a satellite for
On 12/5/13, Clayton Coleman kayakfis...@gmail.com wrote:
If you are already running TQSL 2.0, it is not necessary to login and
download the configuration file from the website. If you launch TQSL
2.0 it will check for the new configuration file and ask if you would
like to update.
I
The vehicle lifted off on time and had a smooth flight into orbit.
The second stage will be restarted later to boost the payload into
GEO.
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On 12/3/13, Rich/wa4bue richard.s...@verizon.net wrote:
Please tell me about the satellite launched by Space X.
There is some information at:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/007/ses8_presskit.pdf
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/12/spacex-falcon-9-v1-1-milestone-ses-8-launch/
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/007/status.html
SpaceX's comments on what caused this past Thursday's scrub:
http://www.spacex.com/webcast/
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The first attempt scrubbed due to low engine thrust after ignition.
The second attempt ended at less than 1 minute to go. There was no
announcement on the live Internet feed about what the cause was or
when the next attempt will be made.
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On 11/29/13, Bryce Salmi bstguitar...@gmail.com wrote:
An announcement regarding the Second abort was made and the abort was
manual due to engineers running out of time to review todays first abort
data. You do not launch with a rocket that is even slightly unhealthy or
has questioned health.
http://innerspace.net/2013/11/25/spacex-falcon-9-v1-1-stands-ready-to-enter-the-fray/
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/11/spacex-falcon-9-v1-1-milestone-ses-8-launch/
http://www.americaspace.com/?p=45686
This rocket's carrying a payload to GEO.
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Today's attempt was scrubbed about an hour ago. No reason was given,
though there wasn't much time remaining in the launch window. The
next attempt could be as early as this coming Thursday, according to
what was said during the live feed.
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http://moonandback.com/2013/11/25/spacex-launch-is-scrubbed-next-window-this-thursday/
http://www.americaspace.com/?p=45691
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/11/spacex-falcon-9-v1-1-milestone-ses-8-launch/
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2013/11/25/falcon-9-turns-turkey-pad-thanksgiving-launch/
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The payload is on its way, but downlink from the launch vehicle ended
due to a scheduled LOS by a tracking station. The cubesats will be
deployed a few minutes from now.
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On 11/20/13, Mark L. Hammond marklhamm...@gmail.com wrote:
I got to see it clearly from North Carolina!
Very cool.
That must have been something to see!
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On 11/18/13, David W0DHB d...@w0dhb.net wrote:
Bob
I have observed this also with AO-7 and VO-52 and to a lesser degree with
FO-29
Dave W0DHB
I've had the same issue with Gpredict.
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MAVEN was successfully launched and spacecraft separation was reported
a few minutes ago. It still has to deploy its photovoltaic arrays and
complete a checkout.
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http://blogs.kqed.org/science/video/silicon-valley-goes-to-space/
Although it doesn't have anything to do with amateur radio satellites,
it's worth seeing. Maybe a company like the ones shown could provide
the means of putting a future ham bird into orbit.
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http://www.americaspace.com/?p=45239
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av038/131117preview/
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av038/rollout/
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On 11/14/13, Greg D ko6th.g...@gmail.com wrote:
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I often get a similar reaction when I talk about amateur radio,
particularly from younger people. They can't quite grasp why I'd want
to put together a station and, perhaps, talk with someone when there
are easier ways of doing that.
On 11/13/13, Joe n...@mwt.net wrote:
I agree on that also.
Now I'm not picking on them here. But I am a member of Four local
Amateur Radio Clubs. And have been an Amateur since 1975 and have seen
this Hobby change a lot through the years. And in all four clubs 90%
of the newly licensed get
On 11/6/13, jmfranke jmfra...@cox.net wrote:
That is not keeping up with technology, it is keeping up with fads.
John WA4WDL
A few years ago, I was talking about amateur radio with someone who,
at that time, was a recent engineering graduate. She not only had no
idea what it was, she
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/10/dream-chaser-landing-failure-first-flight/
Sierra Nevada's statement:
http://www.sncorp.com/press_more_info.php?id=569
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On 10/7/13, Bryce Salmi bstguitar...@gmail.com wrote:
A decent amount of his conclusions are speculations. I'd take it with a
grain of salt so-to-speak. He seems convinced there was an explosion.
That's what I thought, too. It's like he knows what happened and
presents evidence to support his
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/ladee/131005loipreview/
I also read a posting on Hearsat mailing list which mentions that its
S-band downlink has been detected.
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Work resumes on MAVEN:
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av038/131003resumption/
Falcon 9 waiting for SES spacecraft:
http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/007/131005shipment/
LADEE about to enter lunar orbit:
http://spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/ladee/131005loipreview/
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Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
On 10/1/13, Bryce Salmi bstguitar...@gmail.com wrote:
For those interested:
http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/37498no-upper-stage-explosion-after-falcon-9-v11-launch-spacex-says
That makes much more sense.
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Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
snip
On 9/30/13, R Oler orbit...@hotmail.com wrote:
there was at least one issue that is going to snake them...the second stage
did not relight...if I was the QC person from SES I would want to understand
why, how they fixed that...and would probably want to see a demo
flight...wonder if the next
http://moonandback.com/2013/09/30/trouble-at-spacex-did-the-new-falcon-9-explode/
http://www.zarya.info/blog/?p=1595
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Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
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http://www.newspacejournal.com/2013/09/29/cygnus-captured-by-the-iss/
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/09/cygnus-second-attempt-berth-iss/
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Not
All indications are that everything went as planned, though the video
downlink was intermittent. Deployment of payloads has apparently
started.
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On 9/28/13, Mark L. Hammond marklhamm...@gmail.com wrote:
Didn't AMSAT people invent this method/technique? Tape measure antennas on
satellites?
It could well be that someone associated with AMSAT developed a
self-deploying antenna.
The ones used on Alouette 1 were first rolled up inside the
On 9/28/13, Raydel Abreu Espinet (CM2ESP) cm2...@frcuba.co.cu wrote:
Regarding Canada's Space Program, did you know that Canada's oldie satellite
Allouette-2 is back to live???, or at least its transmitters.
That's interesting because there was no mention of it in the news here.
While I
On 9/28/13, Raydel Abreu Espinet (CM2ESP) cm2...@frcuba.co.cu wrote:
Regarding Canada's Space Program, did you know that Canada's oldie satellite
Allouette-2 is back to live???, or at least its transmitters.
Thanks for the tip.
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Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
On 9/28/13, Raydel Abreu Espinet (CM2ESP) cm2...@frcuba.co.cu wrote:
Nope, It was only announced on the HearSat mailing list and only few
enthusiastics replied. On this world of new space probes with S band
downlinks very few are interested in monitoring old birds which comes back
to live
On 9/28/13, Raydel Abreu Espinet (CM2ESP) cm2...@frcuba.co.cu wrote:
Regarding Canada's Space Program, did you know that Canada's oldie satellite
Allouette-2 is back to live???, or at least its transmitters.
While I was monitoring the 136-138 satellite sub-band a couple of months ago
On 9/29/13, Raydel Abreu Espinet (CM2ESP) cm2...@frcuba.co.cu wrote:
Hi Bernhard and all,
I guess you are looking into the wrong catalogue number. Allouette-2 is
1965-098-A, not L which is what you looked for. I download its TLE
regularly from Space-Track. NORAD Number is 01804.
The TLE I
On 9/28/13, Bryce Salmi bstguitar...@gmail.com wrote:
I was watching the Canadian Space Agencies BROLL video of the CASSIOPE
satellite due to launch in a few days and noticed a neat antenna. The video
link below starts at the appropriate point in the video (feel free to watch
the whole video
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2013/09/24/too-many-rockets-not-enough-dependability/
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
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