From Earth to the Moon?

I am not sure what to make of the video above. The cannon launcher seems like a bit of a joke, especially in the backyard setting, but it could also work. And the inventor is asking for money to make it all a reality (see last paragraph of this post for details and link). It’s […]

Satellite Kits=Cheaper Satellites?

This TMCNet post points to SEA (Systems Engineering and Assessment, Ltd), a United Kingdom company that’s trying to make micro-satellites smaller and cheaper. They’re latest project is an OmniSat kit. The kit is supposed to be modular but flexible. What SEA is providing, is a common micro-satellite bus (you can read more about what a bus […]

Kickstarter and Cubesats=Cheaper space?

My Clearancejobs.com post regarding Kickstarter PocketQube. Relatively inexpensive satellites the size of a Rubik’s cube. Not much information about this (yet).

Cubesats galore

I’m sure everyone has read, seen, or heard about the latest feat regarding cubesats this November: 29 cubesats were deployed from one rocket launched in the US; and another 33 cubesats were deployed from a rocket launched by the Russians. The US launch was done courtesy of Orbital Sciences from Wallops Island, in Virginia using […]

Going Dutch

I’ve talked about cubesats before–they’re very inexpensive and let a lot of other people try their different ideas out in orbit. So, aside from SmallSat, the conference in Logan, Utah, others are hosting less ambitious, but just as dedicated meet-ups. Here’s an announcement for one in a restaurant in the Netherlands next Saturday. Sounds quite […]