{"id":20539,"date":"2019-12-17T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T14:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=20539"},"modified":"2019-12-16T18:45:50","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T23:45:50","slug":"student-and-amateur-cubesat-news-roundup-dec-17-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=20539","title":{"rendered":"Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup &#8211; Dec.17.2019"},"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 (find <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=4\">previous smallsat roundups here<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>** <strong>Indian rocket orbits Duchifat-3 CubeSat built by Israeli high school students<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20562\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20562\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23duchifat3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20562\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=20562\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Duchifat-3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"190,241\" 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=\"Duchifat-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Duchifat-3 cubesat.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Duchifat-3.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20562\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Duchifat-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"241\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Duchifat-3 CubeSat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/cities\/chennai\/satellite-built-by-israeli-students-successfully-put-into-orbit-by-isro\/article30290548.ece\">Satellite built by Israeli students successfully put into orbit by ISRO &#8211; The Hindu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/tech\/science\/israeli-students-to-launch-self-designed-duchifat-3-satellite-with-isro-onboard-pslv-c48-7762371.html\">Israeli students to launch self-designed Duchifat 3 satellite with ISRO, onboard PSLV-C48 &#8211;\u00a0 Firstpost<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/duchifat3\/\">Duchifat 3 Launch Delegation (@duchifat3) &#8211; Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Firstpost:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Duchifat 3 is the third in the series of Israeli student-made satellites.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Jointly built by Herzliya Science Center and Sha\u2019ar HaNegev High School students, the satellite is designed to serve children from across the country to \u201cobserve the Earth\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cIt is a photo satellite used for ecological research of Earth from space. The size of the satellite is 10x10x30 cm (3U) and it weighs 2.3 kg. The students worked for almost two and a half years to build it. The satellite will be of good help to agriculturists,\u201d one of the donors for the project and head of ICA Foundation Zeev Miller told\u00a0PTI.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>Brazilian student built <em>Floripast<\/em> CubeSat included on upcoming Chinese launch<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/macauhub.com.mo\/2019\/12\/11\/pt-satelite-sino-brasileiro-tem-lancamento-programado-para-20-de-dezembro\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chinese-Brazilian satellite scheduled to be launched on 20 December \u2013 Macauhub<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Bolsonaro also said in his tweet that besides the CBERS-4A, nano-satellite Floripast (cubeSat) would also be launched, a project developed by students of bachelor, master and doctorate courses in Electrical Engineering, Automation and Mechanical Engineering of the Federal University of Santa Catarina, in partnership with the Uniespa\u00e7o programme of the Brazilian Space Agency.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>** <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbital-space.com\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ORBITAL SPACE<\/a> startup company is encouraging CubeSat development in Kuwait<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/satelliteprome.com\/tech-features\/exploring-a-new-space-opportunity-in-kuwait-with-orbital-space\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exploring a new space opportunity in Kuwait with Orbital Space &#8211; SatellitePro ME<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>In 2013, Alfeeli moved to the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science, where he has worked ever since. Orbital Space takes up his evenings and weekends, as he manages several initiatives in parallel. He has set up a basic ground station called Um Alaish 4, after its predecessor, to receive signals from CubeSats. Orbital Space is also involved in building the country\u2019s first CubeSat, with a group of around 15 Kuwaiti volunteers. The Kuwaiti engineer initiated the CubeSat project as a tool to attract space enthusiasts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cThe idea is to create a platform to bring together a community of space enthusiasts in Kuwait. There is interest from the young generation, but there is no project that engages them to create that critical mass. I figured we needed a hub where people can come together and do that. So Orbital Space has now created that opportunity and is open to anyone who wants to join us to promote space in Kuwait,\u201d Alfeeli says.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>By creating greater awareness through public talks on the history of the ground station in Kuwait and hands-on workshops on CubeSats for kids, he hopes to plant the seeds of a space programme in Kuwait. In addition to all the other initiatives, Orbital Space has also launched a competition for high-school students and undergraduate students in partnership with US-headquartered space commercialisation company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Nanoracks.com\">Nanoracks<\/a>, with the winning experiment to be sent to the International Space Station (ISS).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Find more about the student competition at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbital-space.com\/experiment-in-space\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Experiment In Space<\/a>.<\/p>\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\/001148.html\">ANS-359 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Calling All Radio Amateurs: Help Find OPS-SAT!<\/li>\n<li>FCC Moves to Remove 3.4 GHz Amateur Satellite Allocation<\/li>\n<li>Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution<\/li>\n<li>FoxTelem version 1.08w Released<\/li>\n<li>AMSAT-EA works against the clock on G\u00c9NESIS satellites<\/li>\n<li>New NASA eBook Reveals Insights of Earth Seen at Night from Space<\/li>\n<li>Israel Applauds Successful Launch of Duchifat3<\/li>\n<li>Ham Radio University Satellite Operations Forum on January 4<\/li>\n<li>Possible ARISS SSTV Operation Before Year&#8217;s End<\/li>\n<li>Recent ARISS Contacts<\/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>Resources:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/international\/2019\/12\/05\/550379.htm\">Lloyd\u2019s Launches Space Insurance Policy for Emerging Private Space Sector &#8211; InsuranceJournal.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Projects:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2019\/12\/New_reentry_CubeSat_in_orbit\">New reentry CubeSat in orbit &#8211; ESA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/kepler-books-spacex-rideshare-for-leo-satellites\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kepler books SpaceX rideshare for LEO satellites &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191213005308\/en\/Centre-Quantum-Technologies-CQT-Hands-Satellite-Operations\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT) Hands Over Satellite Operations of SpooQy-1 CubeSat to SpeQtral | SpeQtral<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/view\/aztechsat-1-cubesat-to-demonstrate-intra-satellite-communication\">AztechSat-1 CubeSat to Demonstrate Intra-Satellite Communication<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2019\/12\/New_reentry_CubeSat_in_orbit\">New reentry CubeSat in orbit &#8211; ESA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Enabling_Support\/Operations\/Sandbox_satellite_to_test_operations_innovations_in_space\">Sandbox satellite to test operations innovations in space &#8211; ESA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vki.ac.be\/index.php\/news-topmenu-238\/655-qarman-launch-4december2019\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Imminent Launch of the nano-satellite QARMAN to the International Space Station &#8211; VKI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacewatch.global\/2019\/12\/nasa-selects-trisept-to-support-new-round-of-cubesat-missions\/\">NASA Selects TriSept to Support New Round of Cubesat Missions &#8211; SpaceWatch.Global<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>== <em>Amazon Ad<\/em> ==<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/3659960713\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=3659960713&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=b85a2ddcb76b07347e191733e7b7692f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Introduction to CubeSat Technology and Subsystem:<br \/>\nOrbit Design, Debris Impact, and Orbital Decay Prediction<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; 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