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PocketQube
A PocketQube is a type of miniaturized satellite for space research that usually has a size of 5 cm cubed (one eighth the volume of a CubeSat), has a mass of no more than 250 grams, and typically uses commercial off-the-shelf components for its electronics. Beginning in 2009, Morehead State University (MSU) and Kentucky Space developed the PocketQube specifications to help universities worldwide to perform space science and exploration. While the bulk of development comes from academia, several companies build PocketQubes, such aFossa Systemsand Alba Orbital. PocketQube projects have even been the subject of Kickstarter campaigns. The PocketQube format is also popular with amateur radio satellite builders. Design The PocketQube specification accomplishes several high-level goals. Simplification makes it possible to design and produce a workable satellite at low cost. Encapsulation of the launcher-payload interface takes away the prohibitive amount of managerial work prev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GAUSS Srl
G.A.U.S.S. Srl (also known as GAUSS Srl) is an Italian limited liability private company specialized in the development and launch of Miniaturized satellite, small satellites, CubeSats and PocketQubes. The company name is an acronym for "''Group of Astrodynamics for the Use of Space Systems''". The company's Miniaturized satellite, small satellites are used as launch platforms for third-party satellites. As a private company, it has successfully launched two Miniaturized satellite, small satellites, UniSat-5 and UniSat-6. G.A.U.S.S. Srl business is mainly related to the design and realization of microsatellites, which are also intended as CubeSat, PocketQube and releasing platforms. Several universities and research centers around the world have launched their satellites through the company's UniSat launching platforms, thus letting G.A.U.S.S. being a small satellites launch provider. G.A.U.S.S. Srl activities include structural design, realization and integration of the main sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alba Orbital
Alba Orbital is a Scottish company which builds PocketQube satellites. Alba Orbital is the developer and manufacturer of the Unicorn-1 and Unicorn-2 satellite platforms. The company holds contracts with the European Space Agency. Overview Alba Orbital builds and designs picosatellites, which are a kind of small satellite that are under 1kg in mass. Picosatellites are modular, with each 1P of volume equal to 5cm x 5cm x 5cm and with the ability for modular units to be combined to get larger volumes. Its Unicorn-1 platform is a 1P picosatellite while its larger Unicorn-2 platform is a 2P satellite that is 5cm x 5cm x 10cm. Launches Alba Orbital is a launch broker, and has purchased capacity with several space companies, including SpaceX and Rocket Lab, in order to send PocketQube satellites into space. These launches harbor clusters containing space for PocketQubes that are sold to teams wanting to send a pod along. All Alba Orbital launches use Albapod deployers in order to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepal PQ-1
Nepal-PQ1 also known as SanoSat-1 is Nepal's first PocketQube picosatellite developed by ORION Space that was launched on January 13, 2022, from Falcon 9. The primary function of the satellite is to collect wind, temperature, and humidity data and communicate findings with ground stations in Nepal Background The PocketQube A PocketQube is a type of miniaturized satellite for space research that usually has a size of 5 cm cubed (one eighth the volume of a CubeSat), has a mass of no more than 250 grams, and typically uses commercial off-the-shelf components for ... is developed by ORION Space in collaboration with AMSAT-Nepal and AMSAT-EA, with the brokerage service offered by FOSSA Systems, a leading aerospace company focused on developing picosatellites for IoT communications. SanoSat-1 is a PocketQube of 1P size designed and developed with readily available commercial components (COTS) to measure space radiation while orbiting, and periodically transmit it to Earth. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firefly Alpha
Firefly Alpha (Firefly α) is a two-stage orbital expendable launch vehicle developed by the American company Firefly Aerospace to compete in the commercial small satellite launch market. Alpha is intended to provide launch options for both full vehicle and rideshare customers. The first launch attempt was on 3 September 2021 but the vehicle did not reach orbit when one of the first stage engines failed during ascent. A second orbital test flight took place on 1 October 2022 and successfully reached orbit. Alpha deployed 7 satellites, however, due to the lower than intended deployment orbit, most of the satellites re-entered before reaching their intended design life a week after launch. History The initial 2014-vintage design of Alpha was two-stage-to-orbit vehicle with the first stage powered by an FRE-2 methalox engine, which consisted of twelve nozzles arranged in an aerospike configuration. The engine used methane and liquid oxygen as propellants, and completed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Twiggs
Robert J. "Bob" Twiggs is a Professor of Astronautics and Space Science at Morehead State University. He is responsible, along with Jordi Puig-Suari of California Polytechnic State University, for co-inventing the CubeSat reference design for miniaturized satellites which became an Industry Standard for design and deployment of the satellites. Education Twiggs earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Idaho in 1961 and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in microwave devices from Stanford University in 1964. Career From 1985 to 1994, Twiggs was the director of the Weber State University Center for Aerospace Technology. He served as a consulting professor in the Stanford University Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics from 1994 to 2008. At Stanford, he established the Space Systems Development Laboratory. Bob Twiggs became a professor at Morehead State University in 2009 in an effort to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CubeSat
A CubeSat is a class of miniaturized satellite based around a form factor consisting of cubes. CubeSats have a mass of no more than per unit, and often use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components for their electronics and structure. CubeSats are put into orbit by deployers on the International Space Station, or launched as secondary payloads on a launch vehicle. , more than 1,600 CubeSats have been launched. In 1999, California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) professor Jordi Puig-Suari and Bob Twiggs, a professor at Stanford University Space Systems Development Laboratory, developed the CubeSat specifications to promote and develop the skills necessary for the design, manufacture, and testing of small satellites intended for low Earth orbit (LEO) that perform a number of scientific research functions and explore new space technologies. Academia accounted for the majority of CubeSat launches until 2013, when more than half of launches were for non-academic purposes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
