{"id":17719,"date":"2019-02-04T11:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T16:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17719"},"modified":"2019-02-04T09:21:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T14:21:09","slug":"student-and-amateur-cubesat-news-roundup-feb-4-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17719","title":{"rendered":"Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup – Feb.4.2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

**<\/strong> NTU Singapore Deploys Its Ninth Satellite Into Space – Asian Scientist Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n

Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, has successfully launched and deployed its ninth satellite. NTU\u2019s first foray into space began 20 years ago. The first project was a communication payload codenamed Merlion, while the main satellite body was developed by the University of Surrey, UK. The latest satellite, called the AOBA VELOX-IV cube satellite, was built by a team led by Mr. Lim Wee Seng, executive director of NTU\u2019s Satellite Research Centre, while its new altitude determination and control algorithm was developed by Professor Cho Mengu\u2019s research team at the Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan. It was launched from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Epsilon-4 rocket.<\/em><\/p>\n

**<\/strong> USI students make history with UNITE CUBE SAT deployment – 14NEWS.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Two years of hard work came to fruition Wednesday morning when students from USI [University of Southern Indiana] watched their handmade satellite launched from the International Space Station.<\/em><\/p>\n

The team was selected to design, build, and monitor the UNITE CUBE SAT satellite. The device is designed to measure plasma levels in the ionosphere, study the Earth\u2019s orbit and measure temperature readings when the satellite re-enters the atmosphere.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a lot of testing and development,” said Ryan Loehrlein, a USI senior and assistant team leader on the UNITE project. “We were doing prototyping with the boards. We were outside in below freezing temperatures at times just making sure the satellite would work. So actually seeing it launch today and getting to see it launched into space it\u2019s one of those things that…it\u2019s hard to let go of it because we\u2019ve been doing it so long.\u201d<\/p>\n

See also Satellite made by USI students launched into space – 14News.com<\/a><\/p>\n

**<\/strong> New nanosatellite system captures better imagery at lower cost — ScienceDaily<\/a><\/p>\n

Ben-Gurion University researchers have developed a new satellite imaging system that could revolutionize the economics and imagery available from space-based cameras and even earth-based telescopes.<\/em><\/p>\n

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“This is an invention that completely changes the costs of space exploration, astronomy, aerial photography, and more,” says Angika Bulbul, a BGU Ph.D. candidate under the supervision of Prof. Joseph Rosen in the BGU Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.<\/em><\/p>\n

In a paper published in the December issue of\u00a0Optica, the researchers demonstrate that nanosatellites the size of milk cartons arranged in a spherical (annular) configuration were able to capture images that match the resolution of the full-frame, lens-based or concave mirror systems used on today’s telescopes.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

**<\/strong> AMSAT<\/a> news on student and amateur CubeSat\/smallsat projects: ANS-034 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin<\/a><\/p>\n