Amateur Radio CubeSats to launch October 28

The Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) initiative has another launch on October 28 at 5:48 a.m. EDT and a number of Amateur Radio satellites are among them. On the CubeSat reflector Connor Lange KJ6KSV ELaNa III Groundstation Coordinator posted this information: The ELaNa III Cubesats being launched are listed below: Satellite: AubieSat-1 Downlink Freq: 437.475…

54th anniversay of the space age

During the aftermath which followed the shock of Sputnik, America sought answers and explanations. Various targets for blame included lack of science and math education, inter-service military rivalries, and postwar American complacency as a self-regarded world leader in technology, politics and emerging cultures. Our consumer culture and materialism were also to blame. American obsession with…