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In this edition:
* First picture from ESTCube-1 ham radio CubeSat
* NEE-01 Pegasus 910 MHz TV Camera in Action
* Ecuador Pegasus CubeSat fears over space debris crash
* Argentinian CubeSat CubeBug-1 was also hit by space debris.
* NASA History Program Office Fall 2013 Internships
* Registration for the 5th European CubeSat Symposium (3-5 June 2013)
* NASA Seeks Academic Partners for SmallSat Technology Collaboration
* Satellite Applications Catapult Hackathon
* Amateur Radio Satellites for Emergency Communications
* NASA looking for far-out ideas
* Update: Museum Ships Weekend Special Event Station KK5W Satellite
Operations
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
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ANS-146 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 146.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
DATE May 26, 2013
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-146.01
First picture from ESTCube-1 ham radio CubeSat
The first picture taken
by the amateur radio CubeSat ESTCube-1 in space has been released.
ESTCube-1 was launched from Kourou in the Caribbean on May 7 at 0206
UT on an ESA Vega rocket into a 704 km orbit.
The hard work of the first two weeks has paid off and the CAM team,
leaded by the University of Tartu Computer Technology graduate
student Henri Kuuste has this to say: The camera works perfectly and
so do all the other subsystems, needed for taking the photo. The
first image was captured on May 15 over the Mediterranean Sea,
showing the sea, Sahara desert, and Tunisia.
On Monday, May 13 the whole ESTCube-1 team was invited to the
reception of the rector of University of Tartu to celebrate the
success of the satellite. Watch the video (in English) at
http://www.uttv.ee/naita?id=17163
ESTCube-1 was built by students at the University of Tartu. The main
mission of the satellite is to test electric solar wind sail
technology, a novel space propulsion technology that could
revolutionize transportation within the solar system. It will deploy
a 10 meter conductive electrodynamic tether and the force interacting
with the tether will be measured.
The technology is based on the electrostatic interaction between the
electric field generated by the satellite and the high-speed
particles being ejected from the Sun. A spacecraft utilizing this
method would first deploy a set of electrically charged wires, which
allow to generate an electric field over a large area. This area
effectively forms a "sail" that can be pushed by the charged
particles by being diverted by it and therefore transferring momentum
to the craft.
ESTCube-1 uses these frequencies:
437.252 MHz - CW beacon, callsign ES5E/S
437.505 MHz - 9600 bps AX.25 telemetry, callsign ES5E-11
Electric solar wind sail
http://www.electric-sailing.fi/
EstCube on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/estcube/
EstCube website
http://www.estcube.eu/en/home
Wiki EstCube-1
http://tinyurl.com/WikiESTCube-1
[ANS thanks Southgate Amateur Radio News for the above information]
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NEE-01 Pegasus 910 MHz TV Camera in Action
NEE-01 Pegasus (Pegaso) the first of two HD TV CubeSats built in
Ecuador launched on a CZ-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Space Center on
Friday, April 26 at 0413 UT.
The 1U CubeSat 10x10x10 cm) was built in Ecuador and carries a 0.9
watt output 720p HD TV transmitter on 910 MHz (an amateur radio band
in some countries).
EarthCam has teamed up with the Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency to
deliver what EarthCam describe as an amazing viewing experience from
an orbiting satellite. You can view the NEE-01 Pegasus SpaceCam
online at http://www.earthcam.com/world/ecuador/ecsa/
NEE-01 Pegasus (Pegaso)
http://amsat-uk.org/2013/04/25/nee-01-pegasus-hd-tv-cubesat/
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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Ecuador Pegasus CubeSat fears over space debris crash
BBC News is reporting that at 0538 UT on Thursday, May 23 Ecuador’s
new NEE-01 Pegasus 910 MHz CubeSat collided with debris from a S14
Soviet rocket launched in 1985.
The satellite was some 1,500 km east of Madagascar at the time of
the impact. Pegasus, launched less than a month ago, is the first 1U
CubeSat to carry a HD TV transmitter and deployable solar panels. The
basic satellite is just 10 by 10 by 10 cm
