{"id":19806,"date":"2019-09-29T12:50:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T16:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19806"},"modified":"2019-09-29T12:50:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T16:50:36","slug":"student-and-amateur-cubesat-news-roundup-sept-29-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19806","title":{"rendered":"Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup – Sept.29.2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

A sampling of recent articles, press releases, etc. related to student and amateur CubeSat<\/a> \/ SmallSat projects and programs (find previous smallsat roundups here<\/a>):<\/p>\n

** ESA hosts CubeSats Hands-On Training Week<\/strong> for university students: Students experience of miniature satellites with CubeSats Hands-On training – ESA<\/a><\/p>\n

CubeSats<\/a>\u00a0are highly versatile satellites built up by 1 or more units\u00a0measuring just 10cm along each side. Learning how to best use these tools is a valuable skill, so\u00a0ESA Academy<\/a>\u00a0has hosted the CubeSats Hands-On Training Week 2019. Running from 16 \u2013 20 September 2019 at\u00a0ESA Academy\u2019s Training and Learning Centre<\/a>, ESEC-Galaxia, Belgium, the event was attended by 26 university students from 15 different\u00a0ESA Member States and Canada<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Training Week had a clear objective: transfer hands-on knowledge to university students who are keen to start their own educational CubeSat initiatives, or who are already at the conceptual or preliminary design stage of a CubeSat project at university. To achieve this aim, ESA Academy assembled a team of experienced tutors to lead the course. These included ESA experts, the\u00a0Fly Your Satellite!<\/a>\u00a0(ESA\u2019s educational CubeSat initiative) team, and two engineers from\u00a0Theia Space<\/a>\u00a0(Universidad Politecnica de Madrid) delivering laboratory sessions with high-grade model CubeSats, called\u00a0Educational Satellite models<\/a>\u00a0(ESATs).<\/em><\/p>\n

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** MeznSat<\/a> CubeSat in development by two UAE university student teams<\/strong> with UAE Space Agency<\/a> support: Inspiring students to reach for the stars\u00a0 \u2013 Gulf News<\/a><\/p>\n

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One of the main objectives of the UAE Space Agency is to build capabilities in the space sector, in space engineering and sciences, especially within the university community. MeznSat, initiated in 2017, began as an education programme to design, build and operate a satellite, but at an educational level.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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There is a global trend in space education programmes, encouraging the use of CubeSats or nanosatellites to engage students in satellite and space research. However, what started as an educational trend is now slowly turning commercial with private agencies and companies using satellites built by student bodies for commercial purposes.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The UAE Space Agency followed up on this trend with the founding of the MeznSat programme, a 3U CubeSat that will be used to study the environment and also look at greenhouse gas emissions over the UAE, especially methane and carbon dioxide. The programme is founded and run by the UAE Space Agency with participation by two local universities, Khalifa University and the American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK).<\/em><\/p>\n

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More about MeznSat:<\/p>\n