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06/16/2016 | STMSat-1 Youngsters Told: “Only Half of the CubeSats Deployed into Space Work”
A month after deployment of the STMSat-1 CubeSat from the International Space Station (ISS), prospects are dimming that the little spacecraft will ever be heard from.
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05/25/2016 | Search Continues for STMSat-1 Radio Signal
Youngsters at St Thomas More Cathedral School in Virginia remain optimistic that their STMSat-1 CubeSat, deployed on May 16 from the International Space Station, will begin transmitting a signal.
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05/23/2016 | School Hoping Reboot will Bring STMSat-1 to Life
It’s been a week since the St Thomas More Cathedral School’s STMSat-1 CubeSat was deployed from the International Space Station, and the spacecraft has not been heard from.
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05/20/2016 | Elementary Schoolers Tracking STMSat-1 While Awaiting 70 Centimeter Signal
upils at at St Thomas More (STM) Cathedral School in Arlington, Virginia, have begun tracking the orbit of STMSat-1, the 1U CubeSat they built and which was deployed on May 16 from the International Space Station.
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05/18/2016 | Student-Built STMSat-1 Not Yet Ready to Start Transmitting SSTV Images
The STMSat-1 CubeSat built by students at St Thomas More (STM) Cathedral School in Arlington, Virginia, will begin transmitting when its orbit is stable, the transmitter has power, and its antennas are deployed.
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05/16/2016 | Elementary School’s STMSat-1 CubeSat Now in Orbit
[UPDATED 2016-05-17@ 1307 UTC] Students at St Thomas More (STM) Cathedral School in Arlington, Virginia, erupted into cheers and celebration on May 16 as their STMSat-1 CubeSat finally was deployed from the International Space Station at 1440 UTC. Equi...
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05/12/2016 | Elementary School’s SSTV CubeSat Now Set to Deploy from ISS on May 16
After postponements earlier this year, the STMSat-1 CubeSat constructed by pupils at St Thomas More (STM) Cathedral School in Arlington, Virginia, now is set to deploy from the International Space Station on Monday, May 16.
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02/10/2016 | Army and Air Force MARS Communications Exercise Set for February 12
The first quarterly Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) US Department of Defense communications exercise of 2016 (COMEX 16-1) is set for February 12. The scenario will be a loss of electrical power, landline telephone and cell service, and Internet....
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