{"id":18360,"date":"2019-04-01T16:36:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T20:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18360"},"modified":"2019-04-01T16:36:04","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T20:36:04","slug":"student-and-amateur-cubesat-news-roundup-april-1-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18360","title":{"rendered":"Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup &#8211; April.1.2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A sampling of recent articles, press releases, etc. related to student and amateur <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CubeSat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CubeSat<\/a> \/ SmallSat projects and programs:<\/p>\n<p>** <strong>Yale student team to build <a href=\"http:\/\/yaleaerospace.com\/cubesat2\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BLAST CubeSat<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>with cosmic ray detector. The NASA sponsored spacecraft will launch in 2020: <a href=\"https:\/\/yaledailynews.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/01\/student-built-satellite-to-launch-into-space\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Student-built satellite to launch into space &#8211; Yale Daily News<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span class=\"s1\">On March 14, a group of Yale students learned some stellar news \u2014 NASA selected their satellite to be launched into space. The announcement marks the first time a Yale undergraduate group will launch a spacecraft.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span class=\"s1\">The team \u2014 which consists of members of the Yale Undergraduate Aerospace Association \u2014 received the launch grant through NASA\u2019s CubeSat Launch Initiative competition. Over the course of four years, students designed a satellite called BLAST, which stands for Bouchet Low-Earth Alpha\/Beta Space Telescope.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>See also:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wlab.yale.edu\/news\/undergraduate-team-yuaa-chosen-nasa-launch-blast-cubesat-study-cosmic-rays\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Undergraduate team from YUAA chosen by NASA to launch BLAST CubeSat to study cosmic rays | Wright Laboratory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/nasa-announces-tenth-round-of-candidates-for-cubesat-space-missions\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NASA Announces Tenth Round of Candidates for CubeSat Space Missions | NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>** <strong>CubeSat SeaHawk-1 with an ocean color instrument<\/strong> was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in December. The SeaHawk team has released the first images from the spacecraft: <a href=\"https:\/\/uncw.edu\/news\/2019\/03\/seahawk-1-cubesat-captures-first-ocean-color-image.html\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SeaHawk-1 CubeSat Captures First Ocean Color Image &#8211; UNCW.edu.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18367\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18367\" style=\"width: 527px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uncw.edu\/socon\/first_image.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18367\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=18367\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HawkEye_21March2019_locator.final1_.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"527,609\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"HawkEye 21 First Image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This first SeaHawk-1 engineering test image (pictured above) was captured by the HawkEye instrument on March 21st, 2019 at 18:47 UT from an altitude of 588 km and superimposed on Google Map data \u00a9 2019 Google, INEGI. At the current altitude that SeaHawk is flying, the pixel resolution of the HawkEye instrument is approximately 130 meters (425 feet) giving us an image size of approximately 6000 lines along track (780 km or 485 mi) x 1800 pixels across track (234 km or 145 mi). The true color full resolution closeup of the region from south of Monterey Bay to north of San Francisco (presented below) was produced by combining three of the Hawkeye bands (red band-6 (670nm), green band-5 (555nm) and blue band-2 (443nm).&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HawkEye_21March2019_locator.final1_.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18367\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HawkEye_21March2019_locator.final1_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"527\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HawkEye_21March2019_locator.final1_.jpg 527w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HawkEye_21March2019_locator.final1_-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/uncw.edu\/socon\/first_image.html\">This first SeaHawk-1 engineering test image<\/a> (pictured above) was captured by the HawkEye instrument on March 21st, 2019 at 18:47 UT from an altitude of 588 km and superimposed on Google Map data \u00a9 2019 Google, INEGI. At the current altitude that SeaHawk is flying, the pixel resolution of the HawkEye instrument is approximately 130 meters (425 feet) giving us an image size of approximately 6000 lines along track (780 km or 485 mi) x 1800 pixels across track (234 km or 145 mi). The true color full resolution closeup of the region from south of Monterey Bay to north of San Francisco (presented below) was produced by combining three of the Hawkeye bands (red band-6 (670nm), green band-5 (555nm) and blue band-2 (443nm).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The project is led by the <a href=\"https:\/\/uncw.edu\/socon\/index_new.html\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SOCON (Sustained Ocean Color Observations using Nanosatellites) team at Univ. of North Carolina at Wilmington<\/a> and also includes NASA, AAC Clyde Space, and Cloudland Instruments. The project was funded with grants from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>SeaHawk-1\u00a0is a 3U CubeSat (size 30x10x10cm and weight 5kg) designed and built by AAC Clyde Space and launched in December 2018 aboard SpaceX Falcon 9.\u00a0SeaHawk-1\u00a0CubeSat was one of the 64 satellites included in the Spaceflight SSO-A Small Sat Express: their first dedicated ride-share mission for small satellites.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">SeaHawk-1\u00a0is also the first 3U CubeSat specifically designed to carry an ocean color instrument payload (HawkEye). The goal of this proof-of-concept mission is to provide free high-spatial resolution images of Earth\u2019s coastal regions.\u00a0HawkEye, designed by Cloudland Instruments, is an 8-band multispectral instrument similar to\u00a0SeaWiFS (one of the most successful ocean color missions to date).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>It differs in that: it was miniaturized (10x10x10cm) to fit inside the CubeSat, band 7 was modified to improve atmospheric correction, all bands were designed not to saturate over land, and the entire sensor was built with low-cost, off-the-shelf materials.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>University of Toronto students fund and build CubeSat<\/strong> for space biology experiment: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.engineering.utoronto.ca\/lofty-goals-utat-gears-up-for-milestone-competitions\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lofty goals: UTAT gears up for milestone competitions &#8211; U of T Engineering News<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The Space Systems Division is preparing to launch the first fully student-funded Canadian satellite into orbit. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.engineering.utoronto.ca\/u-of-t-engineering-startup-builds-out-a-global-satellite-network-from-downtown-toronto\/\">small satellite<\/a>, or cubesat \u2014 about the size of a loaf of bread \u2014 will carry a biological payload and will analyze the behavior of bacteria in space with the aim of assessing the risk of infections during a long-term space mission.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The team has a busy summer ahead: they\u2019ll be testing the accuracy of the sensors on the cubesat, running hundreds of hours of electronics tests and conducting thermal tests to ensure their satellite\u2019s components can withstand the extreme temperatures it will experience in orbit, between -40 and 80 degrees C.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The cubesat is scheduled to launch on the Indian Space Research Organization\u2019s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle in January 2020.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18368\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18368\" style=\"width: 217px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.engineering.utoronto.ca\/lofty-goals-utat-gears-up-for-milestone-competitions\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18368\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=18368\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/11-11.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,2769\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark IV&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1552941840&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;10000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Heron MK II\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Cassandra Chanen (Year 2 EngSci) shows off the Heron MK II, a cubesat that will take a microbiology payload to space. (Credit: Erica Rae Chong)&amp;#8221;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/11-11-740x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-18368 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/11-11-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/11-11-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/11-11-768x1063.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/11-11-740x1024.jpg 740w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/11-11.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>&#8220;Cassandra Chanen (Year 2 EngSci) shows off the Heron MK II, a cubesat that will take a microbiology payload to space. (Credit: Erica Rae Chong)&#8221;<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>** <strong>More about the Hampton University students developing CubeSat software<\/strong> in a project sponsored by the Virginia Space Grant Consortium:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.hamptonu.edu\/release\/Hampton-University-Students-Developing-Analysis-Software-for-Satellites-that-will-be-Launched-into-Space-on-April-17%2C-2019\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hampton University Students Developing Analysis Software for Satellites that will be Launched into Space on April 17, 2019 &#8211; Hampton University News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackengineer.com\/article\/hampton-university-on-the-forefront-of-innovation\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Hampton University on the forefront of innovation&#8217; &#8211; US Black Engineer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Hampton University is part of a collaborative project of the Virginia Space Grant Consortium where students from three Virginia universities delivered small satellites to NanoRacks in Houston, to be integrated into a CubeSat deployer (NRCSD), which will be launched into space on April 17, 2019. Four undergraduate Hampton University students worked on the project by developing software to perform analysis on the data that will be received from the satellites.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cHampton University has always been on the forefront of innovation. The work our students are doing is being recognized and utilized by industry leaders, and we are excited to be part of this collaboration,\u201d said Hampton University President, Dr. William R. Harvey.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The satellites will communicate data to ground stations at Virginia Tech, University of Virginia and Old Dominion University for subsequent analysis using an analytical tool being developed by Hampton University students from the Atmospheric and Planetary Science Department.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>More than 140 undergraduate students have been hard at work on the mission since June 2016 as a cross-institutional team. Undergraduate student leaders and team members from physics, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering and computer science disciplines have worked together to make the mission a reality. The students have been coached by faculty advisors and have benefitted greatly from advice from NASA, industry and academic advisors, and NanoRacks, the world\u2019s leading commercial space station company.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18369\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18369\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.hamptonu.edu\/release\/Hampton-University-Students-Developing-Analysis-Software-for-Satellites-that-will-be-Launched-into-Space-on-April-17%2C-2019#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18369\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=18369\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/201903191114568151.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T3i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1516981155&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;34&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Asanji Chofor and CubeSat\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Asanji Chofor at the CubeSat build AGILE workshop.&amp;#8221;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/201903191114568151.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18369\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/201903191114568151.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>&#8220;Asanji Chofor at the CubeSat build AGILE workshop.&#8221;<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>** <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsat.org\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMSAT<\/a> news<\/strong> on student and amateur CubeSat\/smallsat projects: <a title=\"[ans] ANS-313 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - Fox-1Cliff Currently Scheduled for November 19th Launch\" href=\"https:\/\/amsat.org\/pipermail\/ans\/2019\/001096.html\">ANS-090 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SSTV Transmissions from ISS Set for April 1-2, 2019<\/li>\n<li>AO73\/FUNcube-1 Mode Changes<\/li>\n<li>AMSAT Academy to be Held Prior to Hamvention Thursday, May 16, 2019<\/li>\n<li>ARISS Out-of-this-Word Auction Starts April 8, 2018<\/li>\n<li>International Space Station Astronauts are Calling CQ Students<\/li>\n<li>India Space Research Organization to Launch EMISAT With 28 Satellites on April 1, 2019<\/li>\n<li>AMSAT India Requests APRS Reports<\/li>\n<li>GRCon19 to be Held September 16-20, 2019<\/li>\n<li>This Month in AMSAT History<\/li>\n<li>AmazonSmile for AMSAT!<\/li>\n<li>Microwave Update Conference October 3-5, 2019 in Lewisville, TX<\/li>\n<li>Upcoming Satellite Operations<\/li>\n<li>ARISS News<\/li>\n<li>Satellite Shorts from All Over<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>General CubeSat\/SmallSat info:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deep space CubeSats:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/kionasmith\/2019\/03\/31\/upcoming-cubesats-put-bigger-science-in-small-packages\/#5a99ba006a51\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Upcoming CubeSats Put Bigger Science In Small Packages &#8211; Forbes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/nasa-cubesats-proposed-moon-and-venus.html\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tiny Cubesats Could Do Big Science at the Moon and Venus | Space.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Smallsat launch:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2019\/04\/01\/indian-military-satellite-20-more-planet-imaging-cubesats-aboard-successful-pslv-launch\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indian military satellite, 20 more Planet imaging CubeSats launched by PSLV \u2013 Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Smallsat technology:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/industryinsightsnews.com\/268\/cubesats-remote-sensors-will-fill-the-satellite-data-loss\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cubesat\u2019s Remote Sensors Will Fill The Satellite Data Loss \u2013 Industry Insights News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/electronics360.globalspec.com\/article\/13584\/software-developed-to-make-satellites-smarter\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Software developed to make satellites smarter | Electronics360<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2019\/tethers-unlimited-says-two-way-radio-small-satellites-aced-first-orbital-test\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tethers Unlimited says two-way radio has aced its first orbital test \u2013 GeekWire<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Opportunities, events, etc:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/africanews.space\/kibocube-5th-round-is-now-open\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KiboCUBE 5th round is now OPEN &#8211; Space in Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southgatearc.org\/news\/2019\/march\/satellite-operating-demonstrations-planned-for-tucson-hamfest.htm#.XKJuUZhKh9M\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Satellite operating demonstrations planned for Tucson Hamfest | Southgate Amateur Radio News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southgatearc.org\/news\/2019\/march\/ham-radio-geostationary-satellite-talks-at-martlesham.htm#.XKJucZhKh9M\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ham radio geostationary satellite talks at Martlesham | Southgate Amateur Radio News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/slow-scan-tv-transmissions-from-international-space-station-set-for-april-1-2\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Slow-Scan TV Transmissions from International Space Station Set for April 1 \u2013 2 &#8211; ARRL.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1250198283\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1250198283&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=a646a3710f33e23b5034765ffd750129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past<\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1250198283\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1250198283&amp;asins=1250198283&amp;linkId=429586ba08dc367b42572432ff1bb6b1&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sampling of recent articles, press releases, etc. related to student and amateur CubeSat \/ SmallSat projects and programs: ** Yale student team to build BLAST CubeSat\u00a0with cosmic ray detector. The NASA sponsored spacecraft will launch in 2020: Student-built satellite to launch into space &#8211; Yale Daily News On March 14, a group of Yale &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18360\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup &#8211; April.1.2019<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":[4,32,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amateurstudent-satellite","category-space-radio","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4M8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18807,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18807","url_meta":{"origin":18360,"position":0},"title":"Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup &#8211; May.19.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 19, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of recent articles, press releases, etc. related to student and amateur CubeSat \/ SmallSat projects and programs: ** University of Hawaii to build cubesat with advanced earth observation imager: M\u0101noa: UH satellite selected for NASA\u2019s CubeSat space missions | University of Hawaii News A satellite designed and developed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Amateur\/Student Satellite&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Amateur\/Student Satellite","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"Schematic of the HyTI nanosatellite. Credit: HyTI, UH M\u0101noa.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img9964_9169l1-1024x969.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":21269,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=21269","url_meta":{"origin":18360,"position":1},"title":"Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup &#8211; Feb.27.2020","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 27, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of recent articles, press releases, etc. related to student and amateur CubeSat \/ SmallSat projects and programs (find previous smallsat roundups here): ** Univ. of Maine MESAT1 CubeSat project to involve high schools in environmental data analysis: NASA selects Maine\u2019s first small research satellite for launch in next\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Amateur\/Student Satellite&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Amateur\/Student Satellite","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&l=am2&o=1&a=3659960713","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":18489,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18489","url_meta":{"origin":18360,"position":2},"title":"Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup &#8211; April.14.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of recent articles, press releases, etc. related to student and amateur CubeSat \/ SmallSat projects and programs: ** More on the Virginia university student CubeSat program mentioned in previous roundups here: Satellite built by Virginia Tech undergraduates ready for launch into space | Virginia Tech Daily Students at\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Amateur\/Student Satellite&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Amateur\/Student Satellite","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&l=am2&o=1&a=1944648453","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":19255,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19255","url_meta":{"origin":18360,"position":3},"title":"Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup &#8211; July.16.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 16, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Amateur\/Student Satellite&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Amateur\/Student Satellite","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"RFTsat ","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1f3381bc4f8b600efb995f6a632e58911-1024x718.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":18749,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18749","url_meta":{"origin":18360,"position":4},"title":"Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup &#8211; May.12.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 12, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of recent articles, press releases, etc. related to student and amateur CubeSat \/ SmallSat projects and programs: ** UNITE CubeSat Project built by Univ. of Southern Indiana undergraduates has operated more than 100 days: UNITE CubeSat reaches 100 days in orbit, a milestone for student built satellites -\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Amateur\/Student Satellite&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Amateur\/Student Satellite","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&l=am2&o=1&a=1524742414","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":18298,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18298","url_meta":{"origin":18360,"position":5},"title":"Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup &#8211; Mar.25.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 25, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of recent articles, press releases, etc. related to student and amateur CubeSat \/ SmallSat projects and programs: ** Arizona student team to build CubeSat with inflatable antenna for NASA program:\u00a0 UA Student-led CatSat Mission Selected by NASA | UANews An inflatable space antenna designed by University of Arizona\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Amateur\/Student Satellite&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Amateur\/Student Satellite","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18360"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18370,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18360\/revisions\/18370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}