Satellite Returns via Guided Re-Entry

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Satellite Returns via Guided Re-Entry

A satellite completing its five-year mission returned to Earth using a method designed to minimise stray space debris.

A British-built weather satellite achieved an unprecedented re-entry to Earth on Friday 28th July, guided by the European Space Agency.

The spacecraft, known as Aeolus, had outlived its usefulness in gathering data and monitoring weather after a five-year mission. It returned to Earth in an assisted crash into the Atlantic Ocean. The satellite, named after the Greek god of the winds, had served weather centres across Europe.

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Successful Orbit for CubeSATS Built in the Philippines

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Students in the Philippines are feeling proud that their two ham radio cubesats have entered orbit.

Two amateur radio cubesats from the Philippines are now in orbit. Maya-5 and Maya-6 were built by university students with the goal of helping the nation keep its momentum going on satellite development while using locally sourced materials. The primary mission of the cubesat pair is to give the amateur radio community a digital message relay service through the Automatic Packet Reporting System, or APRS. The onboard APRS digipeaters use the frequency of 145.825 MHz for transmitting and receiving. The cubesats are also demonstrating a data/message store-and-forward system compatible with Universal Amateur Radio Text and E-mail messaging.

The International Space Station released the cubesats on the 19th of July 2023

URE Seeks Community Assistance with URESAT-1

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The URE of Spain recently launched and deployed a pocketQube satellite into orbit and now they're seeking assistance from the community. While the satellite is operational and sending signals, the antennas have so far failed to deploy. The URE is requesting help from groups that can provide a powerful VHF station capable of transmitting a strong enough signal to overcome the weak receive state of the satellite. The goal is to transmit a request to once again attempt to deploy the satellite's antennas.

URESAT-1 is currently transmitting telemetry, CW, and SSTV images despite the reduced capability of the antenna system.