{"id":618056,"date":"2019-05-22T10:49:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T14:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=618056"},"modified":"2019-05-22T10:49:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T14:49:54","slug":"funcube-patch-on-esa-pfc-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=618056","title":{"rendered":"FUNcube Patch on ESA PFC 71"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Neil Melville-Kenney PA3N wearing FUNcube Patch on ESA PFC 71 \u2013 Credit Novespace and ESA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Neil Melville-Kenney, PA3N<\/a><\/strong>, has been a long time supporter of amateur radio space since the days of the SSETI Express mission. He is presently the ESA Parabolic Flight Coordinator and today took the opportunity to fly a FUNcube patch during the ESA PFC 71 microgravity mission.
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\"AMSAT-UK<\/a><\/p>\n

Neil presented an account of his activities during the 2018 AMSAT-UK Colloquium and the three FUNcubes, AO73, EO88 and JO97 continue to provide a 24\/7 service with their 2 metre downlinks.<\/p>\n

You can follow Neil on Twitter at https:\/\/twitter.com\/NMK_ZeroG<\/a><\/p>\n

The FUNcube Mission Patch is available from the AMSAT-UK shop at
\nhttps:\/\/shop.amsat-uk.org\/FUNCube_Mission_Patch\/p3815740_15628523.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n


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