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Project Repository moved to GIT

Hi, I just moved the subversion based project repository to GIT. For public access there is a gitweb which can be reached via: http://git.spreadspace.org/?p=mur.sat.git You may also clone the repository via GIT protocol using the following command. (Note: this only … Continue reading

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At Playaround 2012, in the TNUA Taiwan National University of the Arts

Since Tuesday, we spend most of our time on one of the terraces of the Dance Department of TNUA, in Taipeh. Together with our participants, we have set up a nice surrounding under a huge tent. We run the “Launching … Continue reading

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mursat1 at Metalab Vienna Metaday #53

Christian Pointner – mursat’s central technical brain – was invited to give a talk in Vienna at Metalab, the Viennese hacklab, to present current and general ideas around our mursat1 and maybe find some collaborators in Vienna. He did get … Continue reading

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Satellite Sonification with OSC in python, Workshop ICAS/ECAS @ Mutek, June 2nd 2012

Soon after we knew we were going to launch our own little satellite into orbit, we started thinking about how to make mursat1 and its flight accessible to others. We wanted to come up with a set of diverse interpretations … Continue reading

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Satellite fishing at Montroyal, Friday 1st June 2012

Part 3 of our work cycle in Montreal is a field trip to Mont Royal, the hill in the center of town. We are lucky with the weather, it has been raining quite often, and that would make a trip … Continue reading

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Worklab VII June 21st to June 24th 2012

Hey, it’s time again to gather in a bigger round, and focus our efforts to build the next steps. From June 21st to 24th, we will meet, starting round noon until late night, as usual. Have a look, in either … Continue reading

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mursat @ Linuxtage Graz, 28th of April

On Saturday, 28th of April, it happens again – the Grazer Linuxtage: a huge bunch of people meets to exchange ideas, questions and answers along all sorts of topics, that have or can have to do with Linux. As our … Continue reading

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Testing The Beacon

On Tuesday July 26 the radios that will be used as communication devices on MURSAT1 arrived.  We will use off-the-shelf amateur radio equipment that will be case modded inside the TubeSat shell.  So we had these radios in our hands … Continue reading

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satellite listening on Schlossberg, Graz, 29.5.2011

The first tryout was fun, because we talked with a lot of people about what we are doing there; but we didnt really hear anything, the receiver or the cable or the antenna? We tried to catch amateur radio satellites, … Continue reading

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mur.sat @ Grazer Linuxtage

The mur.sat project will be presented at the Linuxday Graz (http://www.linuxtage.at). This is a perfect opportunity to meet the people behind mur.sat as well as to find out the details about the project. We ar looking forward to meet you … Continue reading

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