{"id":18489,"date":"2019-04-14T17:33:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T21:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18489"},"modified":"2019-04-14T17:33:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-14T21:33:48","slug":"student-and-amateur-cubesat-news-roundup-april-14-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18489","title":{"rendered":"Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup &#8211; April.14.2019"},"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>More on the Virginia university student CubeSat program<\/strong> mentioned in previous roundups here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vtnews.vt.edu\/articles\/2019\/04\/news-aoe-cubesat.html\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Satellite built by Virginia Tech undergraduates ready for launch into space | Virginia Tech Daily<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiafirst.com\/news\/local-news\/students-at-vt-plan-to-launch-satellite-into-space-next-week\/1921026278\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Students at VT plan to launch satellite into space next week &#8211; Virginia First<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>In a giant leap for Virginia Tech, the first satellite built by undergraduate students is scheduled to be launched into space on April 17, 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>One small step closer to reaching space, a group of Virginia Tech undergraduate students recently delivered their small satellite to Houston to be incorporated into NanoRacks\u2019 commercially developed CubeSat deployer. Virginia Tech\u2019s satellite, along with two satellites from other Virginia universities, is scheduled to launch on the payload section of Northrop Grumman\u2019s Antares rocket and then will be headed to the International Space Station.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If the weather is clear, the Antares launch will visible over a large East Coast area: <a href=\"https:\/\/wtkr.com\/2019\/04\/10\/rocket-launch-from-wallops-flight-facility-to-be-visible-from-hampton-roads-ne-north-carolina\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rocket launch from Wallops Flight Facility to be visible from Hampton Roads, NE North Carolina | WTKR.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>** <strong>An all girls team in Kyrgyzstan is building a smallsat<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/kyrgyz-space-we-23542069\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyrgyz space program: what we have done since the beginning of summer | Kyrgyz Space Program on Patreon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/news\/design\/satellite-team-promotes-womens-stem-kyrgyz-space-program-2019-04\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Satellite team promotes women&#8217;s STEM &#8211; the Kyrgyz space program &#8211; Electronics Weekly<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1449308\/young-women-are-crowdfunding-kyrgyzstans-first-satellite\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Young women are crowdfunding Kyrgyzstan&#8217;s first satellite \u2014 Quartz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.ted.com\/a-bold-step-for-womankind-meet-the-young-women-behind-kyrgyzstans-satellite-program\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A bold step: Meet the young women in Kyrgyzstan\u2019s satellite program &#8211; ideas.ted.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Back in January we started crowdfunding on the Patreon platform and by the end of November the amount of donations has reached more than $1,100 per month. This amount has increased particularly after the aforementioned article in Quartz magazine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Moreover, since November we have a donor-organization in the Kyrgyz space program \u2014 the Internews organization will donate sufficient amount of money that will cover expenses on building, testing and launching two (!) nanosatellites.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>This does not mean that we no longer need patrons \u2014 there are quite a few unforeseen crazy ideas (for example, to test a prototype of the satellite in the mountains of the Issyk-Kul region), the costs of which are not included in the Internews grant, but are necessary to make the satellite launch happen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>** Canada&#8217;s Western University and Nunavut Arctic College will build a CubeSat to test<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>a novel imaging system for the engineering technology demonstration with the potential to provide virtual reality-ready images. This imagin system has future applications in the Earth observation and space exploration.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>More at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cpsx.uwo.ca\/research\/cpsx_projects\/cubesat_project.html\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nunavut Arctic College CubeSat Project &#8211; CPSX-CubeSat Project &#8211; Western University<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/stories\/article\/nunavut-reaches-for-the-stars-with-cubesat\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nunavut reaches for the stars with CubeSat | Nunatsiaq News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>** <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsat.org\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>AMSAT<\/strong><\/a><strong> 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\/001100.html\">ANS-104 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin <\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TAPR\/AMSAT Banquet Speaker Announced<\/li>\n<li>Seats Still Available for AMSAT Academy<\/li>\n<li>AMSAT Activities at Hamvention 2019<\/li>\n<li>N8HM to Appear on Ham Talk Live April 18th<\/li>\n<li>Last Chance to Bid in ARISS Auction<\/li>\n<li>ARISS SSTV Event Continues Through 18:00 UTC April 14th<\/li>\n<li>Diwata-2 Designated Philippines-OSCAR 101 (PO-101)<\/li>\n<li>March\/April 2019 Edition of Apogee View Posted<\/li>\n<li>How to Support AMSAT<\/li>\n<li>Upcoming Satellite Operations<\/li>\n<li>Satellite Shorts from All Over<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>General CubeSat\/SmallSat info<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CubeSat projects\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/brucedorminey\/2019\/04\/10\/nasa-cubesat-to-make-most-detailed-ever-map-of-water-ice-at-moons-south-pole\/#74818fe22e0c\">NASA CubeSat To Make Most Detailed-Ever Map Of Water Ice At Moon&#8217;s South Pole &#8211; Forbes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/news.php?feature=7371\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NASA Demos CubeSat Laser Communications Capability &#8211; NASA JPL<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2019\/04\/12\/australian-cubesat-to-use-76-ghz\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australian CubeSat to use 76 GHz &#8211; AMSAT-UK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/amsat-india-successfully-launches-aprs-satellite\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMSAT-India Successfully Launches APRS Satellite &#8211; ARRL.org<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southgatearc.org\/news\/2019\/april\/amsat-india-aisat-aprs-payload-operational-on-145-825-mhz.htm#.XLOmqOhKiUk\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMSAT India AISAT APRS payload operational on 145.825 MHz | Southgate Amateur Radio News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dlr.de\/dlr\/en\/desktopdefault.aspx\/tabid-11082\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eu:CROPIS &#8211; DLR<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;<em>The launch of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum f\u00fcr Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) Eu:CROPIS satellite on 3 December 2018 marked the beginning of DLR&#8217;s mission with the same name, in which a satellite equipped with two greenhouses \u2013 each containing a symbiotic system consisting of bacteria in a biofilter, tomato seeds, single-celled algae and synthetic urine \u2013 orbits the Earth. The aim of the mission is to determine whether biological waste can be recycled in space and used to grow fresh food. Astronauts on long-duration missions would benefit from fresh vegetables, but so too would people in extreme terrestrial habitats. The two greenhouses will operate for a total of 62 weeks \u2013 one under Martian gravitational conditions, and the other under lunar gravitational conditions, which will be simulated by adjusting the satellite\u2019s rotation rate.<\/em>&#8221;\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dlr.de\/dlr\/en\/desktopdefault.aspx\/tabid-10081\/151_read-33194\/#\/gallery\/14436\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eu:CROPIS \u2013 Lunar gravity 600 kilometres above Earth &#8211; DLR &#8211; Apr.10.2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Resources:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacewatch.global\/2019\/04\/esa-becomes-cubesat-central-for-smaller-space-missions-from-europe\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESA Becomes CubeSat Central For Smaller Space Missions From Europe &#8211; SpaceWatch.Global<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/blue-canyon-technologies-expands\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blue Canyon Technologies: Doubling to meet demand &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rocket Lab <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\/photon\/\">Photon<\/a> smallsat platform:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\/news\/updates\/rocket-lab-unveils-spacecraft-program\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rocket Lab Unveils Spacecraft Program | Rocket Lab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/4\/8\/18299685\/rocket-lab-photon-satellite-prograom-electron-rocket-kick-stage\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rocket Lab is now building customizable satellites &#8211; The Verge<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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\/1944648453\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1944648453&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=58e1458b47a9ea2c9a71199c1a657964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Space 2.0: How Private Spaceflight, a Resurgent NASA, and International Partners are Creating a New Space Age<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; 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