{"id":17447,"date":"2019-01-01T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T14:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17447"},"modified":"2018-12-31T11:28:48","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T16:28:48","slug":"student-and-amateur-cubesat-news-roundup-jan-1-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17447","title":{"rendered":"Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup – Jan.1.2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

A sampling of recent articles, press releases, etc. about student and amateur CubeSat<\/a> \/ SmallSat projects and programs:<\/p>\n

** Soyuz launches cluster of 28 satellites \u2013 Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/p>\n

The\u00a0University of W\u00fcrzburg\u2019s fourth experimental CubeSat, known as UWE 4, carries a miniaturized electric propulsion system to be demonstrated in orbit, and also serves as an educational tool for the German university\u2019s engineering students.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The other satellites deployed in the Fregat\u2019s final orbit were ZACube 2, a South African CubeSat, and the Lume 1 CubeSat from Spain.<\/em><\/p>\n

Equipped with an AIS receiver to monitor ships and a medium-resolution near-infrared camera to track maritime traffic and detect wildfires, ZACube 2 was developed by the French South African Institute of Technology and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology near Cape Town. Lume 1 comes from the University of Vigo and a spinoff Spanish company named Al\u00e9n Space, and is also designed for the early detection of wildfires.<\/em><\/p>\n

** W\u00fcrzburg experimental satellite “Uwe 4” arrived in orbit | BR24<\/a> (Translation<\/a>)<\/p>\n

From now on, “Uwe 4” should contact the ground station in W\u00fcrzburg six times a day for about ten minutes.\u00a0“Uwe 4” is supposed to circle the earth for about a year.\u00a0The micro satellite carries an electric engine that allows it to change its orbit in orbit.\u00a0In the class of the so-called\u00a0“Pico satellites”<\/a>\u00a0, up to a weight of one kilogram, the W\u00fcrzburg researchers are the first to succeed.<\/em><\/p>\n

“In this respect, this is a new milestone for the world of micro-satellites, which was realized together with the partners of the Technical University of Dresden.”\u00a0Professor Klaus Schilling from the Chair of Robotics and Telematics<\/em><\/p>\n

** AMSAT<\/a> news on student and amateur CubeSat\/smallsat projects: ANS-364 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin <\/a><\/p>\n