{"id":242400,"date":"2016-08-08T10:52:57","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T14:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/?p=30442"},"modified":"2016-08-08T10:52:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T14:52:57","slug":"video-of-50sat-ham-radio-satellite-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=242400","title":{"rendered":"Video of $50SAT ham radio satellite talk"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yaesu handheld and $50SAT 1.5U PocketQube<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The story behind $50SAT<\/a><\/strong>, a new approach to amateur satellite design which became the world\u2019s smallest operational satellite, built for \u00a3125 in a garden shed.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, August 6, Stuart Robinson GW7HPW<\/strong> gave a presentation on the amateur radio satellite $50SAT to the Electromagnetic Field event EMF 2016 in Guildford.<\/p>\n

Talk Description: If you are building an Amateur satellite the simple choice would be to assemble a device with all the latest satisfyingly advanced and complex tech. The $50SAT team made a decision to go against convention and produce a design with the minimum of components.<\/em><\/p>\n

$50SAT was the first of a new class of satellite pioneered by Professor Bob Twiggs KE6QMD<\/strong>; the PocketQubes, designed to be small and light so they would be cheap to launch. $50SAT was launched in November 2013 using a Dnepr rocket from Dombarovsky Air Base in Russia and remained working in orbit for 20 months, the team had only expected it to last for a month at best.<\/em><\/p>\n

Watch The story behind $50SAT
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