Collaborate Disseminate
The moon is a popular target for ham radio operators to bounce signals since it’s fairly large and follows a predictable path. There are some downsides, though; it’s not always …read more Continue reading Bouncing Signals off of Satellites Other than the Moon
This week, we witnessed a couple of space oopsies as both Starship and New Glenn suffered in-flight mishaps on the same day. SpaceX’s Starship was the more spectacular, with the …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: January 19, 2025
BEESAT-1 is a 1U cubesat launched in 2009 by the Technical University of Berlin. Like all good satellites, it has redundant computers onboard, so when the first one failed in …read more Continue reading 38C3: Save Your Satellite with These Three Simple Tricks
Ham radio enthusiasts, people looking to borrow their neighbors’ WiFi, and those interested in decoding signals from things like weather satellites will often grab an old satellite TV antenna and …read more Continue reading Handheld Satellite Dish is 3D Printed
Space and mystery always spark our curiosity, so when we stumbled upon the story of Skynet-1A, Britain’s first communication satellite from 1969, we knew it was worth exploring. The BBC …read more Continue reading Britain’s Oldest Satellite on the Move: a Space Curiosity
If you’re planning on working satellites or doing any sort of RF work where the signal lives down in the dirt, you’re going to need a low-noise amplifier. That’s typically …read more Continue reading A Lesson in RF Design Thanks to This Homebrew LNA
If you’ve ever wondered what goes on in the ground facilities of a satellite TV operation, you could go banging on the doors or your local station. You’d probably get …read more Continue reading A Look Inside A Canadian Satellite TV Facility
As hackers, we’re always pulling stuff apart—sometimes just to see what it’s like inside. Most of us have seen the inside of a computer, television, and phone. These are all …read more Continue reading Teardowns Show Off Serious Satellite Hardware
One picture taken every day of the year starting September 2023 through to September 2024 provides a pretty fascinating perspective of the twilight zone transit due to the Earth’s 23.5-degree axial tilt as it orbits around the Sun.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Watch: A year-long time lapse of Earth’s twilight zone
The most abundant metal known to man is iron. It’s everywhere. Not just on Earth, but in space as well. Astro engineers have just figured out how to use iron – or nearly any metal for that matter – as plasma rocket fuel.Continue ReadingCategory: Space,… Continue reading Super Magdrive rocket thrusters run on heavy metal