CubeSat Workshop
From Laptop to Launchpad™
Our flagship CubeSat workshop helps you to learn about space systems, assemble a CubeSat from a kit, including a payload, implement scripted code to integrate the satellite components through your own laptop, program an interface between your CubeSat and our “mission control centre”, and send images from your CubeSat to mission control.
Does it sound like rocket science? Because it is.
CubeSats are miniature satellites that have been used exclusively in low Earth orbit for 15 years, and are now being used for interplanetary missions as well. In the beginning, they were commonly used in low Earth orbit for applications such as remote sensing or communications. The basic design of a CubeSat is a 10-centimeter (4-inch) cube with a mass of less than 1.33 kilograms (2.93 lbs.), but CubeSats can also be designed to encompass two, three or six 10-centimeter units for more complicated missions.
Among the prominent uses of Earth-orbiting CubeSats today:
Planet Labs, an Earth observation company, has dozens of CubeSat-sized Dove satellites in orbit, as well as a few RapidEye CubeSats. The CubeSats are used in everything from disaster response to climate monitoring.
The NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer on the International Space Station launches CubeSats after they have been hauled to orbit aboard a visiting ISS vehicle.
NASA’s CubeSat Launch initiative provides launch slots for CubeSats aboard traditional rocket launches.
CubeSats are a disruptive technology that standardizes the production of space technology. These satellites employ the same systems as larger satellites, as well as other spacecraft such as lunar or interplanetary spacecraft. CubeSats are also validated using similar techniques, flown on the same rockets, and use the same ground-based communication links as larger spacecraft. By learning about CubeSats you become familiar with the process of space systems engineering and ready to delve into details in a particular area of interest!
After taking our flagship CubeSat workshop, you would:
• Gain knowledge of the latest space tech, research protocols
• Understand basic space systems engineering
• Understand entrepreneurial opportunities in space
• Be able to programme
• Perform electronics assembly
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