A sampling of recent articles, press releases, etc. related to student and amateur CubeSat / SmallSat projects and programs (find previous smallsat roundups here): ** Communications with the Virginia CubeSat Constellation spacecraft built by several Virginia universities and deployed from the ISS into orbit in July have not been established yet: Aerospace team awaits communication … Continue reading Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup – Aug.25.2019→
A sampling of recent articles, press releases, etc. related to student and amateur CubeSat / SmallSat projects and programs: ** University built RFTSat to test space-based solar power microwave transmission system: Launch of RFTSat this Sunday! – The Propagation Group/Georgia Tech This Sunday, a Falcon 9 rocket will launch a SpaceX Dragon capsule that will … Continue reading Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup – July.16.2019→
A sampling of recent articles, press releases, etc. related to student and amateur CubeSat / SmallSat projects and programs: ** Binar CubeSat built by Curtin University team of students and staff to be deployed from the ISS: Curtin to test ‘mini’ satellite in orbit with European Space Agency – Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia Professor … Continue reading Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup – July.9.2019→
A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images related to the establishment of human settlements in the solar system: Lunar resources: ** An interview with Astrobotic CEO John Thornton about the recent $79M contract awarded to the company by NASA to send payloads to the Moon in 2021 aboard the company’s robotic lander/rover: ” Sunday … Continue reading Space settlement roundup – June.19.2019→
A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images related to human settlements in the solar system: ** Jeff Bezos plans to develop technologies that will enable the building of enormous in-space habitats according to his statements in last week’s presentation, which included the unveiling of the Blue Moon lunar lander. The habitats would rotate to … Continue reading Space settlement roundup – May.16.2019→