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NASA's NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer.
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, made space history through the launch of a network of 50 CubeSats built by university teams to perform first-class science in the largely unexplored lower thermosphere. The creation of the first satellite designed and built by 黑料不打烊Sat signifies the starting point in the development of an aerospace program at the 黑料不打烊. The program's long-term goal is to create a thriving aerospace industry in 黑料不打烊. This will diversify the province's economy while building on its technological, scientific and engineering expertise.
The Team
Principal Investigator: Lead
Faculty of Science: Co-Lead
Faculty of Engineering: Co-Lead
Ex-Alta 1 Deployment
Fast Facts
- Ex-Alta 1 is the largest satellite in the QB50 mission
It measures 30 x 10 x 10 cm and weighs 2.64 kg - It will orbit the Earth at an altitude of 415 km for up to 18 months before burning up during re-entry
- Ex-Alta 1 has four payloads:
- A probe to study space weather by precisely measuring electron density
- The Digital Fluxgate Magnetometer which measures magnetic signatures in space weather
- A radiation dosimeter which routinely monitors radiation of the spacecraft
- Athena: an open-source program to run cube satellites
Why CubeSats?
- A CubeSat is a miniaturized satellite
usually in units of approx. 10x10x10 cm, each weighing 1 kg; typically cube satellites are either 1, 2 or 3 of these units - AlberaSat features all standard functions of a large satellite
including deploying a boom or solar panels - Efficient use of space
CubeSats are fast to develop and far less expensive to build and launch than a large satellite - Strength in numbers
A single CubeSat is too small to carry very high-fidelity sensors or multi-instrument payloads for significant scientific research, but a large number of CubeSats with identical sensors can be combined into a network to collect the unique multi-point nature of data in space.
Ex-Alta 1 Assembly
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The upcoming Ex-Alta 2 satellite will assist first responders in directing their firefighting resources and supply wildfire scientists with valuable data for their research. With your support, Ex-Alta 2 is slated to launch in 2021 as part of a national mission run by the Canadian Space Agency.