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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=PT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Winners of Space App Competition announced<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The AMSAT-UK FUNcube team are among the winners in a competition to fly an Android App on the amateur radio Smartphone satellite STRaND-1 due for launch next year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Space technology experts from Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) and the Surrey Space Centre (SSC) at the University of Surrey announced on Wednesday the four lucky winners of the ‘Space App Competition’ who will see their Android Applications run on smartphone-powered satellite STRaND-1, due for launch into space next year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>‘The STRaND Data’ app will show satellite telemetry on the smartphone’s display which can be imaged by an additional camera on-board. This app is developed by the team behind the AMSAT-UK FUNcube satellite and will not only enable new graphical telemetry to interpret trends but also provide a last way of communicating with the smartphone.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Read the SSTL Press Release at<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.sstl.co.uk/news-and-events?story=1898">http://www.sstl.co.uk/news-and-events?story=1898</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Read about the UK Smartphone STRaND-1 satellite in the Spring 2011 edition of OSCAR News at<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.uk.amsat.org/on_193_final.pdf">http://www.uk.amsat.org/on_193_final.pdf</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>New Scientist - Space apps: smartphone at heart of satellite mission<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/10/britains-smartphone-spaceshot.html">http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/10/britains-smartphone-spaceshot.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>OSCAR News is published quarterly by AMSAT-UK and posted to members. To get your copy join AMSAT-UK online at<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>http://tinyurl.com/JoinAMSAT-UK/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>AMSAT-UK: <a href="http://www.uk.amsat.org/">http://www.uk.amsat.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>