{"id":21955,"date":"2020-06-09T15:17:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T19:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=21955"},"modified":"2020-06-09T15:17:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T19:17:07","slug":"student-and-amateur-cubesat-news-roundup-june-9-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=21955","title":{"rendered":"Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup – June.9.2020"},"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

** Univ. of New Hampshire students to built CubeSat to study Earth’s upper atmosphere<\/strong>:\u00a0 UNH Space Science Center offers out of this world experience – Univ. of New Hampshire<\/a><\/p>\n

Scientists from the University of New Hampshire’s Space Science Center<\/a> will use a $4.6 million grant from NASA to create a project that will offer a diverse group of college students from across the country hands-on research experience designing and building small satellites that will be launched into outer space and collect data for one of NASA’s space missions.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Student Collaboration Project, led by No\u00e9 Lugaz, a research associate professor of physics, aims to work in conjunction with NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP)<\/a> mission and build off of the collected data to provide firsthand research experience for undergraduate and graduate students and help to diversify the field of space science.<\/em><\/p>\n

“We’re missing out on so much potential with great people out there,” said Lugaz. “Most science projects are publicly funded, and we want to expand access to college students who are qualified and have a passion for science to get involved, no matter what their major. We are hoping to inspire them, even if it’s just for one year. We think we can really start to make a difference.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Project coordinators will recruit the first group of students from three universities–UNH, Howard University in Washington, D.C. and Sonoma State University in California. During the five-year project, students from each university will design and build a CubeSat–a small satellite the size of a half-gallon of milk–that will have an instrument that can quantify the concentration of oxygen in the Earth’s upper atmosphere and provide scientists with clues about the effects of the solar wind. This is the region where many satellites are located and knowing more about the atmosphere’s density could help determine their orbit and lifetime.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The student built CubeSats will launch in 2024 separately from the main IMAP mission but at the same time in order to collect complementary data. The CubeSats will be in space for about four months and will be located much closer to the Earth than the other IMAP instruments.<\/em><\/p>\n

** Technical Univ. of Budapest SMOG\/P\/ATL-1 picosats measure spectra usage globally<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Its 6 months since the launch of Alba Cluster 2, and the first data from the SMOG-P\/ATL-1 mission has been published. The PQs flew tiny spectrum analyzers to build up a global map of spectrum usage. The team have created a dynamic map you can explore https:\/\/t.co\/Mg1fhXCWWo<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/HN48NEwFgm<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Alba Orbital (@AlbaOrbital) June 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n