Go Erie - Students Building Part of AMSAT satellite
Go Erie reports on the work of students from Penn State Behrend who have been building part of a satellite for AMSAT.
See http://www.uk.amsat.org/7381
The report says:
"They admit, though, that they're a little disappointed their project will likely have to hitch a ride aboard a Russian spacecraft now that the shuttle program has been discontinued."
I initially assumed the satellite in question was FOX until I saw the Russian reference.
Can someone clarify which satellite is being referred to.
73 Trevor M5AKA
Another group of Penn State Erie students developed an experiment for Fox-1. It is a 3-axis gyro sensor that will measure satellite spin rate, spin direction, and wobble about the magnetic axis in orbit. It's interesting that they got no mention in the local news about their project. They just graduated May 4, as well. Their experiment is on track to be launched on Fox-1 in 2013. I do not know specifically what satellite the project referenced in the news article is bound for, Trevor, but I'm sure there are others monitoring who do. There are a few inaccuracies in this news report as one generally finds these days, like AMSAT launching its first satellite in 2006! :-)
73, Jerry N0JY
On 5/13/2012 3:32 PM, Trevor . wrote:
Go Erie reports on the work of students from Penn State Behrend who have been building part of a satellite for AMSAT.
See http://www.uk.amsat.org/7381
The report says:
"They admit, though, that they're a little disappointed their project will likely have to hitch a ride aboard a Russian spacecraft now that the shuttle program has been discontinued."
I initially assumed the satellite in question was FOX until I saw the Russian reference.
Can someone clarify which satellite is being referred to.
73 Trevor M5AKA
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Hi Trevor,
Unfortunately, there were several errors in the article. AMSAT was not involved in the article preparation.
AMSAT sponsored this senior design project at Penn State for the 2011-2012 academic year. The students developed a super-capacitor based energy storage device to replace the battery on ARISSat type satellites. The advantage of super-capacitors is very long life but they do not yet have sufficient energy density to use on a CubeSat.
73, Tony AA2TX --- On 5/13/2012 4:32 PM, Trevor . wrote:
Go Erie reports on the work of students from Penn State Behrend who have been building part of a satellite for AMSAT.
See http://www.uk.amsat.org/7381
The report says:
"They admit, though, that they're a little disappointed their project will likely have to hitch a ride aboard a Russian spacecraft now that the shuttle program has been discontinued."
I initially assumed the satellite in question was FOX until I saw the Russian reference.
Can someone clarify which satellite is being referred to.
73 Trevor M5AKA
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--- On Mon, 14/5/12, Anthony Monteiro aa2tx@comcast.net wrote:
AMSAT sponsored this senior design project at Penn State for the 2011-2012 academic year. The students developed a super-capacitor based energy storage device to replace the battery on ARISSat type satellites.
A plug-in replacement for the silver zinc battery, sounds good, hope an opportunity to fly it comes up soon.
73 Trevor M5AKA
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