{"id":13044,"date":"2016-08-15T14:15:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T18:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13044"},"modified":"2016-08-15T14:15:16","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T18:15:16","slug":"video-the-story-of-the-50sat-eagle2-pocketqube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13044","title":{"rendered":"Video: The story of the $50SAT Eagle2 pocketqube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is another video from\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emfcamp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Electromagnetic Field<\/a>\u00a0event held in Guildford, UK earlier this summer\u00a0(see previous posts <em><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13008\">A hacker\u2019s guide to satellites<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13022\">&#8230; An Intro to Rockets<\/a>). Stuart Robinson tells the story of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2013\/11\/22\/50sat-eagle2-pocketqube-operational\/\" target=\"_d\">$50Sat Eagle2<\/a>\u00a0satellite that was launched to orbit in 2013:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q00Fm-ij02M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>More info about the project:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southgatearc.org\/news\/2016\/august\/video-of-$50sat-ham-radio-satellite-talk.htm#.V7FSq5grKUk\">Video of $50SAT ham radio satellite talk &#8211;\u00a0Southgate Amateur Radio News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.50dollarsat.info\/\">$50SAT &#8211; Eagle2<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2013\/11\/22\/50sat-eagle2-pocketqube-operational\/\" target=\"_d\">$50Sat Eagle2 PocketQube Operational &#8211;\u00a0AMSAT-UK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pocketqubeshop.com\/\" target=\"_d\">PocketQube Shop<\/a>\u00a0sells components for the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PocketQube\" target=\"_blank\">PocketQube<\/a> satellite standard.<\/p>\n<p>See also the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hobbyspace.com\/SatBuilding\/index.html\" target=\"_d\">HobbySpace Satellite Building<\/a>\u00a0 section on student and amateur satellites.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a video of the launch of the Russian Dnepr rocket, a converted ICBM, on which the $50Sat got a free ride:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RMi0DbQGfxs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=amzn_basics_elctnics&amp;banner=10PFV81ZPVCWKXE6S9G2&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=caaa70725fb7c5b929777e8413b07b34&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is another video from\u00a0the Electromagnetic Field\u00a0event held in Guildford, UK earlier this summer\u00a0(see previous posts A hacker\u2019s guide to satellites\u00a0and &#8230; An Intro to Rockets). Stuart Robinson tells the story of the\u00a0$50Sat Eagle2\u00a0satellite that was launched to orbit in 2013: More info about the project: Video of $50SAT ham radio satellite talk &#8211;\u00a0Southgate Amateur &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13044\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: The story of the $50SAT Eagle2 pocketqube<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,14,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amateurstudent-satellite","category-space-participation","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3oo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6996,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6996","url_meta":{"origin":13044,"position":0},"title":"$50SAT PocketQube satellite operating in orbit","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0$50SAT (Eagle2)2\u00a0is a spacecraft launched last November and measures a mere\u00a05x5x7.5 cm and weighs only 210 grams. 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