K. Scott Tripp and So-Hee Kan took advantage of the spring time sunshine to work on calibrating the pointing of our antennas on FXB. In our haste during winter weather, we left them misaligned. We are headed in the right direction now!
We are headed to the SRI dish this week to establish S-band communication with RAX-2. Onboard RAX-2 is the MHX-2400, a radio capable of 115 kbps. Successful communication with RAX-2 over S-Band will increase our ability to downlink raw data in support of the science mission. If the dish is available for extended time, we Continue Reading »
Jessica Arlas from MXL presented her paper GPS Results and Position Accuracy of RAX Mission at the Regional AIAA Student Conference held today at the University of Michigan. She did a great job presenting and the talk was well-received by the audience. The judges liked her paper and presentation too and she won first place Continue Reading »
We explored the radio astronomy site that has been operating on Peach Mountain for over fifty years. The site is retiring, and we are hoping that with some additional funding and a lot of elbow grease, we will be able to upgrade it to support our satellite missions. Peach Mountain is just about 20 Continue Reading »
Check out the official press release for RAX’s recent accomplishments. This was featured in such news sources as: Wall Street Journal Market Watch, R&D Magazine, Science Newsline, BetaNews, EurekAlert, Patexia, Solar Flares News, ITbriefing and others.
From the article: “The RAX radar echo discovery has convincingly proved that miniature satellites, Continue Reading »