Tag Archives: Prospero

FUNcube Dongle used in new Prospero X-3 Satellite Tests

Posted on 15/12/2011 by M5AKA

Roger J A Duthie M0RJA and the team are carrying out further attempts to reactivate Prospero, the United Kingdom’s first satellite launched on a UK-built rocket, Black Arrow, on October 28, 1971. The team now have an AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle … Continue reading →

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Prospero X-3 Satellite Blog

Posted on 15/11/2011 by M5AKA

An exciting spectrogram trace is revealed in the blog about the United Kingdom’s Prospero X-3 satellite that celebrated 40 years in orbit last month. Prospero X-3 was the UK’s first satellite to be put into orbit by a UK-built rocket, … Continue reading →

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Prospero 40th Anniversary

Posted on 28/10/2011 by M5AKA

Attempts are being made to reactivate Prospero, the United Kingdom’s first satellite launched on a UK-built rocket, Black Arrow, on October 28, 1971. It is hoped Amateur Radio operators will be able to provide recordings of the signals on 137.560 … Continue reading →

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Experiments on the Prospero Satellite

Posted on 08/09/2011 by M5AKA

October 28, 2011 will be the 40th anniversary of the historic launch of Prospero the UK’s first satellite to be launched on the Black Arrow rocket. A description of the Prospero satellite and its experiments written in 1975 can be … Continue reading →

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1970s UK Satellite To Be Revived

Posted on 05/09/2011 by M5AKA

40 years ago the United Kingdom’s first satellite launched on a UK built rocket went into space and now a team from the Mullard Space Science Laboratory in Surrey are attempting to revive it. The Prospero spacecraft was launched by … Continue reading →

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