{"id":19209,"date":"2019-07-08T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19209"},"modified":"2019-07-09T01:28:52","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T05:28:52","slug":"student-and-amateur-cubesat-news-roundup-july-9-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19209","title":{"rendered":"Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup &#8211; July.9.2019"},"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> <a href=\"https:\/\/sstc.curtin.edu.au\/research\/emerging-research-strengths\/\">Binar CubeSat<\/a> built by Curtin University team of students and staff<\/strong> to be deployed from the ISS: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.curtin.edu.au\/media-releases\/curtin-to-test-mini-satellite-in-orbit-with-european-space-agency\/\">Curtin to test \u2018mini\u2019 satellite in orbit with European Space Agency &#8211;\u00a0 Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Professor Bland, from Curtin\u2019s School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, said a Curtin team of 12 staff and student engineers developed the miniaturised satellite.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cThe Curtin team has managed to put all the systems required to operate the satellite, including the power, computer, steering and communications, on a single eight-layer printed circuit board, which at 10cm by 10cm by 2.5cm is about the size of a rather small sandwich,\u201d Professor Bland said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cHaving everything on a single circuit board means there is more room for what the satellite is carrying, which in this case will be a camera that will capture beautiful images of Australia taken from orbit.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19216\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19216\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sstc.curtin.edu.au\/research\/emerging-research-strengths\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19216\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=19216\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cubesats-720x4051.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,405\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Binar Cubesat Program\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Binar Cubesat Program&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cubesats-720x4051.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-19216\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cubesats-720x4051.jpg\" alt=\"Binar Cubesat Program\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cubesats-720x4051.jpg 720w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cubesats-720x4051-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A diagram of the CubeSat in development in the Binar Cubesat Program at Curing University.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>** <strong>Three <a href=\"http:\/\/vsgc.odu.edu\/virginiacubesatconstellation\/\">Virginia CubeSat Constellation<\/a> CubeSats built by undergrads were deployed from the ISS<\/strong> on July 3rd:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.virginia.edu\/news\/2019\/07\/virginia-cubesat-constellation-three-virginia-university-satellites-deployed-orbit\">Virginia CubeSat Constellation of Three Virginia University Satellites Deployed into Orbit from International Space Station | University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc29.com\/story\/40742249\/virginia-cubesat-constellation-of-3-virginia-university-satellites-deployed-into-orbit-from-iss\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virginia CubeSat Constellation of 3 Virginia University Satellit &#8211; WVIR NBC29 Charlottesville<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/stationreport\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ISS On-Orbit Status Report &#8211; July.3.2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Three Virginia university satellites were deployed into nearly simultaneous orbit from the International Space Station via the NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer at 10:50 a.m. EDT this morning. The Virginia CubeSat Constellation mission is a collaborative project of the Virginia Space Grant Consortium and four of its member universities: Old Dominion University (ODU), Virginia Tech (VT), University of Virginia (UVA), and Hampton University (HU). The three nano-satellites, each about 4 inches cubed and weighing approximately 3 pounds, have been developed and instrumented (one each at ODU, VT and UVA) to obtain measurements of atmospheric properties and quantify atmospheric density with respect to orbital decay.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19217\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19217\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc29.com\/story\/40742249\/virginia-cubesat-constellation-of-3-virginia-university-satellites-deployed-into-orbit-from-iss\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19217\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=19217\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/18564520_G1.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"960,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"18564520_G[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Deployment of trhee Virginia CubeSat Constellation satellites from the ISS; Photo credits: Virginia Space Grant Consortium&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/18564520_G1.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-19217\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/18564520_G1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/18564520_G1.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/18564520_G1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/18564520_G1-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Deployment of three Virginia CubeSat Constellation satellites from the ISS. Photo credits: Virginia Space Grant Consortium<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Data collected will ultimately contribute to the scientific knowledge base around orbital decay and will be widely shared. Ground stations at UVA, ODU and Virginia Tech will now begin making contact with their satellites. Data analysis will take place using an analytical tool being developed by students from Hampton University&#8217;s Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Department.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cTo know that all three satellites are now in orbit is extremely gratifying. Kudos to the students who have worked hard and gained immeasurable knowledge and experience from participating in this student-led mission and to the faculty who have advised them,\u201d said Mary Sandy, Virginia Space Grant director and mission principal investigator. \u201cAchieving Earth orbit is a huge mission milestone. These are the first student-developed satellites in orbit for all three of the universities.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nMore than 150 undergraduate students across many disciplines at the participating universities have worked on the mission for the past three years under the guidance of faculty advisors<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>** <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kraksat.pl\/space\/en\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KRAKsat<\/a> Polish student CubeSat also deployed from ISS<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/stationreport\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ISS On-Orbit Status Report &#8211; July.3.2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>KRAKsat is a project focused on sending scientific satellite into space, made by students of University of Science and Technology and Jagiellonian University. Not only it is one of the first Cubesat type satellites in Poland but also the first satellite in the world which uses magnetic liquid, called ferrofluid, for orientation control.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A CubeSat from the Polish company <a href=\"https:\/\/satrevolution.com\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SatRevolution<\/a> was also deployed from the ISS along with KRAKsat. Find updates on the two projects at<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kraksatpl\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KRAKsat Space Systems (@kraksatpl) | Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SatRevolution\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SatRevolution (@SatRevolution) | Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\/001116.html\">ANS-188 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2019 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Update<\/li>\n<li>Candidates for the AMSAT Board of Directors Announced<\/li>\n<li>Frank Karnauskas, N1UW Appointed as AMSAT VP for Development<\/li>\n<li>First Ever Contact via Moon Orbiting Transponder on LO-94<\/li>\n<li>First Call for Papers for the 50th Anniversary AMSAT Symposium<\/li>\n<li>Take W3ZM on the Road!<\/li>\n<li>ARISS-International Delegates Meet in Montreal<\/li>\n<li>JAISAT-1 telemetry beacon downlink on 435.325 MHz FM 4k8 GMSK<\/li>\n<li>Additional Amateur Radio Payloads to Launch with JAISAT-1<\/li>\n<li>VUCC Awards-Endorsements for July<\/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>Projects:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sulis.space\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SULIS \u2013 SULIS: Solar cUbesats for Linked Imaging Spectropolarimetry<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ras.ac.uk\/news-and-press\/news\/details-uk-led-solar-science-mission-revealed-national-astronomy-meeting\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Details of UK-led solar science mission revealed at National Astronomy Meeting | The Royal Astronomical Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theengineer.co.uk\/sulis-uk-space-weather\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SULIS mission looks to shed light on solar storms | The Engineer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.semanticscholar.org\/paper\/ExoplanetSat%3A-detecting-transiting-exoplanets-using-Smith-Latham\/26beb0d07df6dc12768b41903be49653715a4988\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ExoplanetSat: detecting transiting exoplanets using a low-cost CubeSat platform &#8211; Semantic Scholar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/explore\/projects\/lightsail-solar-sailing\/\">LightSail-2<\/a>\u00a0 updates:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/exploreplanets\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Planetary Society (@exploreplanets) | Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>July 8:<br \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">UPDATE: The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LightSail2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LightSail2<\/a> mission team has opted to spend another day testing the spacecraft&#8217;s attitude control system. Sail deployment now expected no earlier than Tuesday, 9 July. The spacecraft is healthy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PvaKKe0iIr\">https:\/\/t.co\/PvaKKe0iIr<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u2014 Planetary Society (@exploreplanets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/exploreplanets\/status\/1148093779284377600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/jason-davis\/lightsail-2-first-pics.html\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here are the First Pictures of Earth from LightSail 2 | The Planetary Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/jason-davis\/lightsail-2-healthy-checkouts.html\">LightSail 2 Healthy as Mission Team Continues Spacecraft Checkouts | The Planetary Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/jason-davis\/first-contact-lightsail-2.html\">First Contact! LightSail 2 Phones Home to Mission Control | The Planetary Society<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>General:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avnet.com\/wps\/portal\/silica\/resources\/technical-articles\/article\/low-earth-orbit-satellites-and-iot\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Low-Earth-Orbit Satellites and IoT | Avnet Silica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/amazon-lays-out-constellation-service-goals-deployment-and-deorbit-plans-to-fcc\/\">Amazon lays out constellation service goals, deployment and deorbit plans to FCC &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/three-rules-for-building-a-megaconstellation\/\">Three rules for building a megaconstellation &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2019\/07\/05\/soyuz-rocket-and-fregat-upper-stage-deliver-33-satellites-to-three-different-orbits\/\">Soyuz rocket and Fregat upper stage deliver 33 satellites to three different orbits \u2013 Spaceflight Now<\/a> &#8211; Description of the 32 secondary smallsats from a host of organizations from around the world.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacewatch.global\/2019\/07\/espi-brief-19-reigniting-europes-leadership-in-debris-mitigation-efforts-2-5\/\">#SpaceWatchGL Themes: ESPI Brief 25 &#8211; Will maturing cubesat propulsion call for more regulation? 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