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Hey there, UPSat team member here. If you have any questions for the team I would be more than happy to answer them of relay them to the team.
by elkos 10y ago
Hey there, UPSat team member here. If you have any questions for the team I would be more than happy to answer them of relay them to the team.
- jmiserez 10y agoWhat does it actually do, i.e. what is it's mission? I couldn't find this info anywhere on the website.
- elkos 10y agoIt's part of the QB50 project aiming to collect data from thin plasma in thermosphere.
- pjc50 10y agoGreat project! The overview doesn't really say what the satellite is for, so I went digging. It looks like you have two payloads, the https://www.qb50.eu/ https://www.qb50.eu/ system for analysing the thin plasma of the upper atmosphere and a 5MP imager (essentially a cellphone camera in space)? How do you handle comms to ground - do you have to rent time on ground stations or do you have your own? I quite like the use of multiple STM32F4 microcontrollers, one per subsystem. Are they special spacegrade ones or "regular"?
- elkos 10y agoThat's right we have two payloads a QB50 subsystem to analyse thin plasma and an imager Comms are handled via the SatNOGS project open satellite project STM32F4 aren't special spacegrade but they have already being used successfully in other cubesats
- grandalf 10y agoWill there be a hardened version? Shielded from laser attacks, EMI attacks, projectiles, explosives, etc?
- ralmeida 10y agoHello, and congrats on the project. Could you provide a brief overview as to how does one actually launch the satellite into space? Is there a company that does this, what kind of permits/certifications/etc are needed, etc?
- thewisenerd 10y agoHow do you actually _do_ the simulations/testing for various scenarios?