{"id":19430,"date":"2019-08-12T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T13:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19430"},"modified":"2019-08-12T00:08:45","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T04:08:45","slug":"student-and-amateur-cubesat-news-roundup-aug-12-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19430","title":{"rendered":"Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup – Aug.12.2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

** Virginia Tech awarded NASA contract to launch and operate the LAICE CubeSat<\/strong> (Lower Atmosphere\/Ionosphere Coupling Experiment) as a part of the agency’s CubeSat Launch Initiative program. Lower Atmosphere\/Ionsphere Coupling Experiment CubeSat – Gov Mik<\/a><\/p>\n

The spacecraft will study to<\/p>\n

…what extent do Gravity Waves influence the coupling of the Earth’s upper atmosphere and the lower ionosphere\/mesosphere\/thermosphere.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The Virgin Tech team led the LAICE CubeSat project but they were<\/p>\n

unable to attain an FCC license and therefore LAICE has been shelved indefinitely. The 2013 National Academy Solar and Space Physics Decadal Survey Key Science Goal 2 has made this an attractive opportunity as launch and operation of the LAICE CubeSat will address key aspects of the goal.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\"LAICE<\/a>
Diagram of the Lower Atmosphere\/Ionosphere Coupling Experiment (LAICE) CubeSat. Credits: LAICE Overview presentation<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

** University W\u00fcrzburg Experimental Satellite 4 (UWE-4<\/a>) demonstrates Morpheus Space miniature electric thrusters<\/strong>: Electric thrusters changed attitude of University W\u00fcrzburg\u00a0cubesat – SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The University W\u00fcrzburg Experimental Satellite 4 has four 160-gram Morpheus Nano Field Effect Electric Propulsion (NanoFEEP) thrusters integrated in its rails, facing the same direction. In May, mission controllers fired the thrusters, which combine a liquid gallium propellant with a chip-based neutralizer, for slightly more than six minutes.<\/em><\/p>\n

While the thrusters fired, the satellite\u2019s rotation increased from approximately 1.7 degrees per second to more than four degrees per second, according to \u201cHybrid attitude control on-board UWE-4 using magnetorquers and the electric propulsion system NanoFEEP,\u201d by Alexander Kramer, Philip Bangert and Klaus Schilling of University W\u00fcrzburg.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"University<\/a>
“UWE\u20114 with Thrusters, Neutralizer and a new kind of sun sensors on each panel.” – University W\u00fcrzburg<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

** AMSAT<\/a> news<\/strong> on student and amateur CubeSat\/smallsat projects: ANS-223 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin<\/a><\/p>\n

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  • 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Speakers Announced – Tickets Now Available<\/li>\n
  • FUNcube-1\/AO-73 Entering Continuous Sunlight<\/li>\n
  • ARRL\/TAPR 2019 Digital Communications Conference Call for Papers<\/li>\n
  • BRICSAT2 and PSAT2 Get OSCAR Designations<\/li>\n
  • 19th Global Symposium for Regulators<\/li>\n
  • SSA Defends 23cm Band Against Galileo Threat<\/li>\n
  • Upcoming Satellite Operations<\/li>\n
  • ARISS News<\/li>\n
  • Satellite Shorts from All Over<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    General CubeSat\/SmallSat info<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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    • Projects:\n
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      • Steam-Powered Cubesats Dance in Space as One NASA Spacecraft Commands Its Twin | Space.com<\/a><\/li>\n
      • AeroCube 10, jam-packed with experiments, deploys from Cygnus – SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n
      • Air Force cubesat successfully deployed from Atlas 5 upper stage – SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n
      • JPL\u2019s Innovative MarCO Satellite Wins the \u2018Oscar\u2019 for Tiny Spacecraft – Pasadena.com<\/a><\/li>\n
      • Pearl White cubesats mission set to launch – 45th Space Wing<\/a><\/li>\n
      • BRICSAT2 and PSAT2 designated Navy-OSCAR 103 (NO-103) and Navy- OSCAR 104 (NO-104) – Southgate Amateur Radio News<\/a><\/li>\n
      • Inexpensive chip-size satellites orbit Earth – Stanford News<\/a><\/li>\n
      • Seeker Robotic External CubeSat Inspection Vehicle DTO – NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • Smallsat Conf. news & announcements:\n
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        • SmallSat Archives at SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n
        • LeoLabs Unveils First Commercial Satellite Tracking Service for SmallSat and CubeSat Operators – LeoLabs<\/a><\/li>\n
        • TriSept, Millennium and Rocket Lab to demonstrate de-orbit technology – SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n
        • NOAA seeks to \u201ckick the tires\u201d on new instruments, mission concepts – SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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