{"id":22068,"date":"2020-06-26T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=22068"},"modified":"2020-06-25T19:10:52","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T23:10:52","slug":"student-and-amateur-cubesat-news-roundup-jan-26-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=22068","title":{"rendered":"Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup – Jan.26.2020"},"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

** Ireland’s student built EIRSAT-1 Cubesat undergoing antenna tests<\/strong>: The image below shows Ireland’s first official satellite, EIRSAT-1<\/a>, a 2U CubeSat, in preparation for testing in ESA\u2019s Hertz antenna test chamber: Testing for Ireland\u2019s first satellite – ESA ESTEC<\/a><\/p>\n

Educational Irish Research Satellite 1, or EIRSAT-1<\/a> for short, is being built by students and staff of University College Dublin<\/a>,\u00a0who are participating in ESA Education\u2019s Fly Your Satellite!<\/a> programme.<\/em><\/p>\n

At just 22 by 10 by 10 cm, the miniature EIRSAT-1 is smaller than a shoebox but is still equivalent in complexity to a standard space mission.<\/em><\/p>\n

Normally the EIRSAT-1 student team would have joined the test campaign in person, but current Covid-19 restrictions made this impossible. Instead the team delivered their self-made Antenna Deployment Module (ADM) plus a mock-up of the satellite body, along with detailed test preparation procedures.<\/em><\/p>\n

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“Ireland\u2019s first space mission, EIRSAT-1, seen taking place at ESA\u2019s Hertz antenna test chamber”. Credits: ESA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

See earlier item here<\/a> and also this article from 2018: Ireland\u2019s First Ever Satellite Moves One Step Closer to Launch into Space: EIRSAT-1 designed by a team of University College Dublin students – NovaUCD<\/a>.<\/p>\n

** ** Embry-Riddle student group builds CubeSat Hermes-1.<\/strong> The Embry-Riddle Future Space Explorers and Developers Society<\/a> (RFSEDS) has several projects<\/a> underway including Hermes-1<\/a>, which they plan to launch in 2021:<\/p>\n

Project Hermes is a 1U cubesat development project and is ERFSEDS first satellite effort. Our team is in the design development phase and is planning to launch the project within the next two years. Hermes is communications based satellite that will be used to communicate with the Hermes ground team.<\/em><\/p>\n

Building their own ground station for communications, the Hermes ground team is certified with HAM Radio Technician liscenses.<\/em><\/p>\n