The Marisat-F2 satellite is being retired after it has provided over three decades of service.
After 32 years of serving ships at sea and scientists at the South Pole, an aging communications satellite owned by Intelsat Ltd. has been retired.
The Marisat-F2 satellite, manufactured by Hughes Aircraft Inc. and launched in 1976, had only a five-year […]
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In case you have never had an opportunity to hear any VHF Ham Radio contacts with the International Space Station (IIS), here is a recording of one of those ISS contacts. This one is between Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, aboard the space station and Marcel, K1COD, in Maine. Just click on the player at the […]
Richard Garriott’s father, Owen Garriott, W5LFL made history as the first ham radio operator to communicate with radio amateurs from space on the STS-9 Space Shuttle mission almost twenty-five years ago. Richard is the programmer/developer of the Ultima series of computer games.
Through multiple agreements with NASA, the Russian Space Agency, RSC Energia, Space Adventures Ltd, […]
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I recently ran across Spaceweather PHONE, an interesting service to those who have a strong interest in space, or radio wave propagation. It is provided by the Web site Spaceweather.com, itself an excellent source of current information about what is happening in space.
Spaceweather PHONE is an astronomy alert service from the creators of Spaceweather.com. Sign […]
Amateur Radio is where you find it. In this case, it was about 20 miles straight up as these engineering students used GPS and Amateur Radio to keep track of a new record-setting balloon.
Early-career engineers at Lockheed Martin who are also earning engineering degrees at Cornell broke the world amateur high-altitude balloon record in a recent […]
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Marauding ants in Texas are raising IT havoc. This article tells of a non-indigenous species of ant that is heading straight for Houston, taking out computers, radios, vehicles and even a sewage treatment plant along its way. The bug situation is bad enough that the Johnson Space Center has had to call in the exterminators […]
An International Space Station Expedition 17 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), Washington, DC, USA on 03 May. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:10 UTC.
The contact will be a telebridge between stations NA1SS and NN1SS in Maryland. The contact should be audible over […]
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The US Navy’s first attempt to hit malfunctioning spy satellite USA 193 with a missile could come around 5:30 p.m. Hawaii time on Wednesday Feb. 20th (0330 UT, Feb. 21st) during the lunar eclipse. This is based on an air traffic advisory warning pilots to steer clear of a patch of Pacific Ocean near […]
On Wednesday night, February 20th, the full Moon will turn a
delightful shade of red and possibly turquoise, too. It’s a total lunar eclipse—the last one until December 2010. Sky watchers in Europe, the Americas, parts of the Middle East and Africa are favored for good views of the two-hour event. Visit SpaceWeather.com for […]
Ready your telescopes! Tonight, Dec. 18th, Mars makes its closest approach to Earth until the year 2016. At a distance of only 55 million miles, Mars outshines every star in the night sky (it is slightly brighter than Sirius) and draws attention to itself with its distinctive red color. Plus, it looks great through a […]
