Hi Gus, 8P6SM
I agree with you !
Unfortunately there is now a huge trend to build more and more of these
shoe boxes (CubSat) to fly around earth.
I would not call them satellites,
As a member of a cubesat team let me put in my $.02
1. At the University of Louisiana help the transition of students to engineers.
2. We fulfill the mandate of the FCC by training the next generation of engineers
3. We license about 10 students every year and expose ham radio to 20 more students
4. When these students go through the program they can build something and learn by doing
In closing I believe the amateur community is well served by the shoe box designers. If we want amateur payloads we should do
1. Have off the shelf radios in their form factor that are very cheap
2. Be ready to mentors most school lack radio resources
3. Team up with schools that are developing propulsion systems ( our ride to HEO)
Thanks
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On 10/18/2012 06:55 AM, Nick Pugh wrote:
I believe the amateur community is well served by the shoe box designers. If we want amateur payloads we should do
Have off the shelf radios in their form factor that are very cheap
I agree. I'd even say very cheap as in completely free.
Be ready to mentors most school lack radio resources
I agree again. Sign me up.
Team up with schools that are developing propulsion systems ( ourride to HEO)
Three times is a charm!
Trevor, M5AKA, posted this way back in September
The September issue of the free publication Sat Magazine features an article on CubeSat Microthrusters - page 38
MIT Developed “Microthrusters” Could Empower Small Sats http://www.satmagazine.com/2012/SM_Sept2012.pdf
73 Trevor M5AKA
EMike E. Michael McCardel, KC8YLD Ohio Section Affiliated Club Coordinator, ARRL AMSAT-Edu Moderator Knox Count Ohio, ARRL PIO Knox County / MVARC VE Coordinator
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On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Gus 8P6SM [email protected] wrote:
On 10/18/2012 06:55 AM, Nick Pugh wrote:
I believe the amateur community is well served by the shoe box designers. If we want amateur payloads we should do
Have off the shelf radios in their form factor that are verycheap
I agree. I'd even say very cheap as in completely free.
Be ready to mentors most school lack radio resourcesI agree again. Sign me up.
Team up with schools that are developing propulsion systems (our
ride to HEO)
Three times is a charm!
-- 73, de Gus 8P6SM The Easternmost Isle _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Hey ya'll,
EMike mentioned:
features an article on CubeSat Microthrusters - page 38
That is a nice article. SatMagazine is pretty cool for free. There is some thruster information available on the web also.
I know the AMSAT-UK web has done a wonderful job of archiving satellite missions thanks to Trevor's amazing efforts. A search on uk.amsat.org with the keyword "thrust" brought me to this page: http://www.uk.amsat.org/?s=thrust
When you have thrust you need attitude control to know your spacecraft's position/orientation and keep it there. Only when you are pointing to the right spot in the sky it would be OK to light the engine.
An interesting aside to the AMSAT Fox-1 project is the on-board student experiment. The Penn State University AMSAT sponsored senior design project is a 3-axis MEMs gyro sensor to measure satellite spin rate, spin direction and wobble about magnetic axis. First steps toward attitude control in a cubesat.
Perhaps future Foxes will host a microthruster experiment.
The 2012 Dayton Forum Fox Project slides even mention future launch opportunities for the add-on Fox-like fleet. See: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/fox/AA2TX_Dayton2012V3.ppt
-- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM [email protected]
There is video on cubesat microthrusters from the 2012 AMSAT-UK Colloquium:
- Go to http://www.batc.tv/ - Click on "Film Archive" - Select "AMSAT 2012" in Category box and click on Select Category - Select 012 - STRaND-2 presentation in Stream box and click on Select Stream - Click the > button on the video player window
The audio is very low for the first minute but it becomes audible in just a bit.
-- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM [email protected]
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Edwin M. "EMike" McCardel, KC8YLD -
Gus 8P6SM -
JoAnne Maenpaa -
Nick Pugh