Summary of Week 1

We are getting more familiar with the received data and start to realize the amount of work ahead of us. Not only will it be very difficult to decide on the bands that shall be investigated each week, it is even more difficult to identify various signals that we receive and how to interpret them.

Installation successful! First data received!

We are happy to announce that the installation on Monday, August 13th 2018, was successful. NASA astronaut Serena Maria Auñón-Chancellor did a great job in the installation. And we already received the first data!

Installation date confirmed!

Finally! MarconISSta will (tentatively) be installed on Monday, August 13th 2018, at 10:10 GMT/UTC (12:10 Central European Summer Time). NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor will install MarconISSta, we can’t wait to get the first data!

MarconISSta @ SmallSat in Logan, USA

Today (August 7th 2018), our team member Ilja presents a poster at the Small Satellite Conference in Logan, Utah, USA. BTW: Do you want to know the installation date?

Current status

Originally we did not plan to write another post before we can announce the installation date. But as weeks pass, we want to keep you updated with some good news: The integrated safety review was sucessful and the installation procedures have been reviewed as well.

Astro Alex arrived at the station!

Yesterday afternoon Alexander Gerst and his crew Sergei Prokopyev (Russia) and Serena Auñón-Chancellor (USA) arrived at the International Space Station and received a warm welcome by the 55/56 increment crew.

Launch of Astro Alex ahead & delays for MarconISSta

Astro Alex will launch to the ISS this Wednesday! MarconISSta has already arrived safely on the ISS on May 24th. We can guess that you want to know when operations start. And we guess you know that we are even more excited! Unfortunately, there still is some remaining paperwork that needs to be done by other involved parties…