{"id":17527,"date":"2019-01-14T15:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T20:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17527"},"modified":"2019-01-14T10:29:29","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T15:29:29","slug":"student-and-amateur-cubesat-news-roundup-jan-14-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17527","title":{"rendered":"Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup – Jan.14.2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

** Say hello to my little friend– it’s a tiny satelite – INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily<\/a><\/p>\n

Korea\u2019s own rocket boys are hoping to reach for the stars. Fueled by a life-long passion and the spirit of entrepreneurship, they\u2019re hoping to lead a new generation of space innovation in the country.<\/em><\/p>\n

Last month, eight Korean space enthusiasts in their 20s and 30s came together to form a group dubbed the Space Mafia at a cafe in Seoul.<\/p>\n

Besides being united in their love for the cosmos, the members are all CEOs of space-related start-ups. Their specialties are diverse, including small artificial satellites, rockets, robots, drones and sensors.<\/em><\/p>\n

** TriVector Services donation aids ASGC CubeSat workshop – Univ. Alabama at Huntsville<\/a><\/p>\n

A $5,000 donation from Huntsville aerospace engineering firm TriVector Services Inc. has boosted efforts by the Alabama Space Grant Consortium (ASGC) to design and build the first in a planned series of statewide collaborative cube satellites (CubeSats).<\/em><\/p>\n

Trivector\u2019s donation helped to sponsor a recent workshop about the project, which will carry a gamma-ray burst (GRB) detector to be placed in the vicinity of the moon to detect short gamma-ray bursts.<\/em><\/p>\n

“TriVector\u2019s generous donation helped to offset expenses associated with holding the Alabama Student CubeSat Workshop late last year,” says Dr. Dale Thomas, who is the ASGC director as well as a professor and the eminent scholar in systems engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).<\/em><\/p>\n

** MySat-1 opens up opportunities for UAE youth in space sector – GulfNews.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dubai: UAE students who built MySat-1, a \u2018CubeSat\u2019 launched last year to the International Space Station (ISS), are now more informed and capable to contribute to the developing space sector of the country.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The 10-centimetre cube satellite MySat-1 was developed by students of the UAE-based Khalifa University of Science and Technology and was successfully launched to space on board the Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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MySat-1\u2019s launch came on the heels of launch of KhalifaSat, the UAE\u2019s first 100 per cent Emirati-made satellite launched on October 29.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

** AMSAT<\/a> news on student and amateur CubeSat\/smallsat projects: ANS-013 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin <\/a><\/p>\n