The Amateur Radio payload on the Luxspace (LSE) Manfred Memorial Moon Mission (4M) lunar flyby experiment likely will continue to transmit for a few more days while it remains in Earth orbit. The Chinese Chang’e 5T-1 lunar mission payload that it initially accompanied into space on a Long March 3C rocket already has been recovered. The 4M was reported on November 6 to be some 248,000 miles from…
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According to a news report, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Hayabusa 2 asteroid mission, now scheduled to launch in December, will carry the Abyss 2 (Shin’en 2) Amateur Radio satellite. A 17 kg, 50 cm diameter polyhedron, Shin’en 2, built by students at Kyushu Inistitute of Technology, makes extensive use of carbon-fiber reinforced plastic materials that can be bonded by heat to r…
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Ham Radio Will Play a Role In 'Hi-Seas' Simulated Mars Mission:
eHam.net When Ron Williams, N9UIK, and his fellow "astronauts" head to "Mars" this spring, they'll have Amateur Radio along, just as NASA space travelers do. Williams is part of Mission 2 (of four) in the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation or HI … |
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Ham Radio will play role in simulated Mars mission
Southgate Amateur Radio Club Williams is part of Mission 2 (of four) in the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation — HI-SEAS, in which participants will simulate living and working within a Martian outpost — actually a solar-powered dome at a remote site some 8000 feet … |