{"id":19466,"date":"2019-08-18T16:51:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-18T20:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19466"},"modified":"2019-08-18T16:51:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-18T20:51:24","slug":"student-and-amateur-cubesat-news-roundup-aug-18-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19466","title":{"rendered":"Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup – Aug.18.2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

** Northwest Nazarene University’s student-built RFTSat<\/a> was launched into orbit from a Northrop-Grumman Cygnus spacecraft<\/strong> using the SlingShot<\/a> deployer, developed by the SEOPS division of Hypergiant<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Northwest Nazarene University RFTSat (Radio Frequency Tag Satellite) CubeSat.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

RFTSat was deployed into orbit on August 7, 2019!<\/em>
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\nThe NNU RFTSat (Radio Frequency Tag Satellite) CubeSat team is designing and building a 3U CubeSat to demonstrate the application of radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting and backscatter communication to the problem of distributed sensing in space. A small RF tag will be mounted on the side of the satellite and contain a temperature sensor. The tag will not contain a battery, but will be powered by energy emitted from an RF reader inside the satellite. The tag\u2019s sensor data will be wirelessly sent back to the reader via backscatter communication, and then to the Earth via a Globalstar satellite constellation link. RF tags equipped with sensors could be added to a spacecraft, like the ISS, without additional wires or power supplies and provide a means to monitor structural integrity, space weather, or make sensitive electric\/magnetic field measurements.<\/em><\/p>\n

See also:<\/p>\n