{"id":21861,"date":"2020-05-25T09:02:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T13:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=21861"},"modified":"2020-05-24T20:29:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T00:29:52","slug":"student-and-amateur-cubesat-news-roundup-may-24-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=21861","title":{"rendered":"Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup – May.24.2020"},"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

** NASA grant for Univ. of Hawaii team developing CubeSat kits for undergraduate projects<\/strong>: \u00a0UH awarded $500K to develop small-satellite educational kits | University of Hawai\u02bbi System News<\/a><\/p>\n

In a bold new initiative to inspire the next generation, NASA<\/abbr> has awarded $2.4 million to six universities, including the University of Hawai\u02bbi<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a>, as part of its Artemis Student Challenges<\/a>. UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa received $500,000 to create to create an affordable 1U<\/abbr> CubeSat kit, which will help develop a robust aerospace program starting at the undergraduate level, including hardware, software and an online lab course.<\/em><\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa will generate hands-on learning opportunities related to orbital and suborbital CubeSats, miniaturized satellites for space research, containing all of the subsystems of fully functioning passive satellites. Each CubeSat will include onboard computing, communication components, dynamic sensors, an infrared camera and an electrical power system. Undergraduate students will help develop all aspects of the project under the guidance of Hawai\u02bbi<\/span> Space Flight Laboratory<\/a> (HSFL<\/abbr>) engineers, and will have paid internship positions.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are proving that smallsats are absolutely within the realm of an undergraduate education and will develop this course into a national online course in the public domain through a popular online learning platform,\u201d said Frances Zhu, Hawai\u02bbi<\/span> Institute of Geophysics and Planetology<\/a> assistant researcher.<\/em><\/p>\n

The hands-on learning opportunities will be supplemented with online learning resources. The grant will also be used to assist CubeSat projects from states that are not yet part of NASA<\/abbr>\u2019s CubeSat Launch Initiative. This team will include a broad network of students from Hawai\u02bbi<\/span> and Washington to perform the initial evaluation of the learning products.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here was the grant announcement: NASA Funds Artemis Student Challenges to Inspire Space Exploration | NASA<\/a><\/p>\n

University of Hawaii, Honolulu \u2013 $500,000<\/strong>: The university will generate hands-on learning opportunities related to orbital and suborbital CubeSats containing all of the subsystems of a fully functioning passive satellite. Each CubeSat will include onboard computing, communication components, dynamic sensors, an infrared camera and an electrical power system. The hands-on learning opportunities will be supplemented with online learning resources. The grant will also be used to assist CubeSat projects from states that are not yet part of NASA\u2019s CubeSat Launch Initiative. This team will include undergraduate students from the University of Hawaii in Honolulu. A broad network of students from Hawaii and Washington will be included in performing the initial evaluation of the learning products.<\/em><\/p>\n

UH Manoa awarded $500k for Artemis Project \u2013 Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory<\/a><\/p>\n

New faculty member, Dr. Frances Zhu, recently applied for and won one of six NASA Artemis Student Challenge Awards. She is the PI on this exciting new project to create a foundation enabler 1U CubeSat for $5000 or less per unit with an online lab course. This will help undergraduate programs interested in starting an aerospace track to do so. The goal of the kit is not solely for space flight, it can be used as a tabletop sensor suite, avionics for a sounding rocket, the payload balloon or suborbital mission, a sensor pack for a rover, and more. The team responsible for designing, fabricating, and testing the kit will include HSFL Facu lty, Staff, and undergraduate students. The project kickoff was held on May 18.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Diagram of the NEUTRON-1<\/a> CubeSat in development by\u00a0 the Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory (HSFL) at the Univ. of Hawaii. The spacecraft will measure low energy neutron flux in the low Earth orbit environment. Credtis:HSFL<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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** AMSAT<\/strong><\/a> news<\/strong> on student and amateur CubeSat\/smallsat projects:<\/p>\n

ANS-138 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin<\/a><\/p>\n