We’ve been busy preparing for the test campaign of the UoS3 over the summer. To help with this task and realise our educational mission at the same time, we were working with two interns, Denisa and Ben. They have just finished the second year of their undergraduate courses at the University of Southampton. Denisa studies […]
Antenna Deployment Test Video
The antenna is a crucial component of the satellite to get the measurement data from the satellite down to the Earth. In order to work, the antennas need to deploy from their compact launch arrangement into the operational state. This antenna deployment is an important step and that is why we test it as much […]
CubeSat Pictures
For the occassion of the University of Southampton Open Day, we had a photo shooting with the satellite. Here is one of the resulting beauties:
European Workshop on Microelectronics Education 2016
We had the pleasure to present a paper at the European Workshop on Microelectronics Education. It gives an overview of how to run large, multidisciplinary projects, such as UoS3, in a university environment. In short, it isn’t easy. However, the audience agreed that this sort of projects are crucial to educate good engineers for the future. What […]
Battery arrives
Our Clyde Space battery has been delivered! It came in a large and rather heavy parcel: As I was carrying it into the office to see what’s in it I was wondering how they managed to make the battery, which fits into a 10 by 10 cm cubesat envelope, so heavy. Turns out the battery came […]
Testing and calibrating the magnetometer
The attitude control subsystem (ACS) on-board the UoS3 uses a permanent magnet to align one of the satellite’s axes with Earth’s local magnetic field. Such a solution does not any consume any energy, which is a scarce resource on a cubesat. Especially when flying a power-hungry GNSS receiver. However, in order to fulfil our scientific […]
Satellite is Fully Funded
We received truly amazing news today. The University of Southampton’s Education Enhancement Fund will fund the UoS3 project. This is a game changer for us as it enables complete manufacturing and testing of the complete satellite system. The Education Enhancement Fund is an initiative of the University to support projects that enhance the education of […]
Power subsystem PCB manufactured
We finished our power subsystem printed circuit board (PCB)! It’s the first complete piece of UoS3 electronics that we made in-house, so it’s a big moment for us. This board houses all the components that take part in distributing the power on board the satellite. This is to say this board gathers the energy from […]
1st Symposium on Space Educational Activities
We presented our work on the UoS3 at the 1st Symposium on Space Educational Activities. It was a workshop that brought together leading European institutions that provide education in the field of Space Engineering. As such, it provided a great opportunity to exchange experiences both regarding cubesat design, manufacture and operations, as well as how […]
Solar panel delivery
Today is a big day for us and UoS3 – we received two of our solar panels today! They were manufactured by DHV Technology, a Spanish company that has been working with us to design and build custom-made solar panels that will fit into our cubesat. So far we only bought two of these because […]
