Would you ever leave your computer on and unattended for an entire week? How about for 8 months, while you are 400km away? Even though electronic devices at home won’t remain on for so long, a satellite will have to endure the loneliness of space for a really long time – you can’t just press a button to reboot it Read more…
During the design and testing process of any system, mistakes and shortcomings are to be expected. However, if these problems are not addressed and fixed before the delivery of the system, there is a high chance for a complete failure of the system which can even result to the loss of human lives. Many examples can be found throughout history. Read more…
On October 4, 1957, the first ever artificial satellite in history, Sputnik 1, was launched and set to orbit, transmitting radio waves which contained information on the ionosphere’s electron density. Sputnik 1 signal From those seemingly simple beacons of 1957, the evolution of space missions has gifted us with photos of other planets, like the ones captured by Mars Rover Read more…
Performing a mission in space without question requires a rocket and a satellite. Using the rocket, the satellite is placed into orbit around our planet and remains in space until the mission is performed or the satellite reenters the atmosphere. When that, happens it disintegrates by the high temperatures reached due to friction with atmospheric particles. But you must be Read more…
To explain what a CubeSat is, first we should define a small satellite. A small satellite is any satellite that is under 300kg – in comparison, “traditional” satellites can reach some tons. A CubeSat, of course, is much lighter than 300 kg and for this reason is categorized by many as a nano satellite. CubeSats come in various final forms, Read more…
An incredible video, showing all the contributions in the On-Board Computer Code! 🛰
Mary Georgousi, member of a CubeSat team, participated in an ESA Academy’s workshop during the second week of December 2018. She is happy to share her knowledge and experience! “Taking part in ESA Academy’s first ever organised Earth Observation Remote Sensing Workshop was an amazing experience full of knowledge and memories! Held by the ESA Education Office ESEC-Galaxia, Transinne, in the south of Read more…
Four CubeSat Members just came back from the ESA Academy’s CubeSAT Concurrent Engineering Workshop dedicated to CubeSATs. In the next few days, they are going to share their great experience with us!
We are so proud of our projects, but this time our Aeronautics project has crossed the limits. We are going to participate in the Air Cargo Challenge 2019 (ACC) with two models, which both got accepted by the organization a few days ago! They are completely different models and the second one is a real challenge for the team, as they Read more…
