FUNcube-1 Transmitting Again

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FUNcube-1 (AO-73)has restarted transmitting telemetry after a restart took place over Europe.

The CubeSat had stopped transmitting at around on Wednesday 15 April 2015.

The Technical team are still investigating the situation, but have concluded from earlier telemetry analysis that it was safe to switch back to nominal operations.

During the FUNcube-1 pass over The Netherlands, Wouter PA3WEG commanded it back to nominal mode with full automatic mode switching.

At this time, there is no reason to believe this event was dangerous to the spacecraft, all systems were nominal and the battery is nearly full.

Dashboard App - http://funcube.org.uk/working-documents/funcube-telemetry-dashboard/

Data Warehouse Archive - http://warehouse.funcube.org.uk/

Whole orbit data shows the effect - http://warehouse.funcube.org.uk/wod.html?satelliteId=2

Radio Ham Operator over the Moon at Decoding Space Message

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Colin Bowman M0NLP, Kent UK spoke to his local newspaper after receiving a Slow Scan TV (SSTV) picture from the International Space Station (ISS) and in doing so gained some good publicity for the hobby.

“I went mad when I realised I had decoded an entire picture. I had to e-mail my children straight away, though, as they are both licensed amateurs as well and my daughter has just started a new job in the space industry in Turin.”
— Colin Bowman M0NLP, Kent UK

Winner of UK CanSat 2015 Announced

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York based ESERO-UK, the UK space education office have announced the winner of the UK round of the international CanSat competition. ESERO-UK organises the annual UK CanSat Competition for teams of secondary school students.

UK_CanSat_Winners

Winner of the Beginners’s category was the CANnoneers, from Tonbridge School in Kent. Runners up include: Spiritus, Putney High School, London; #getjezsrockettospace, from Allestree Woodlands School, Derby; Benenden CANSAT Avengers, from Benenden; Kent and Colossus, from St. Paul's School, London.

“I highly recommend this wonderful opportunity to anyone who has the chance. Jump on it as it’s a unique opportunity to gain a lot of experience in a unique learning environment and will give a good amount of experience for anyone even considering a career in engineering! I enjoyed the experience and I’m sure the rest of my team did too.”
— Walter Tso, Outreach Manager and Electronics Assistant, CANnoneers.

Team Impulse, from St Paul’s School in London won the Advanced category of the competition. Runners up include: OSSO , from Oundle School, Northamptonshire; Heathrow Aeronautical Engineers, from Heathrow UTC, Greater London.

Team Impulse, from St Paul’s School in London, were announced overall winners of the 2015 CanSat competition and will go on to compete at the European CanSat Competition in Portugal.

“We are thrilled to be continuing the great British tradition of innovative engineering and are delighted to be representing St Paul’s and the UK at the CanSat final in Portugal. ”
— Team Impulse, St Paul’s School.

Tom Lyons, ESERO Teacher Fellow said: “This year’s completion was a great success with all teams launching and recording data with their CanSats. We’re now looking forward to the 2016 competition and hoping to attract even more teams to get involved.”