@sundogplanets Why does this remind me of the "Solar Satellites" from #OGame and a certain #JamesBond #movie?
Also I sincerely doubt these #reflectors in #space are able to #ROI the #energy wasted to launch them into space, much less ROI the launch cost which I'm shure is way more than a #cubesat (tho certainly below the > €25.000/kg for GSO...
The wood #cubesat has a flight computer! A small Pi Zero 2 W (not mounted yet, just on the top shelf to show scale). Up next is the power supply components.
If you would like to help the project, there is a GoFundMe
Fraunhofer #IAF:
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ESA-CubeSat demonstriert weltweit erstes 75-GHz-Signal aus dem Weltraum und beendet Mission mit sicherem Deorbit
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https://www.iaf.fraunhofer.de/de/medien/pressemitteilungen/esa-cubesat-demonstriert-75-ghz-signal-aus-dem-weltraum-und-beendet-mission.html
30.9.2025
#CubeSat #ESA #Espoo #Graz #KuvaSpace #QBand #Raumfahrt #satcom #Satelliten #Satellitenkommunikation #SpaceFlight #VTT #WBand #WCube
I started a GoFundme for the wood cubesat project. I don't expect much honestly, but even just $50 would cover the flight computer and a few other components.
I'm going to start a crowd funding campaign for the wood cubesat. I don't expect to raise any money for it at all. But I would rather try and fail then not try at all.
stay tuned.
TROPICS Eyes Hurricane Erin
#Atmosphere #AtmosphericPhenomena #Atmosphericscience #Constellation #CubeSat #EarthScience #Heliosphere #Hurricanes
⏩ 2 new pictures and 2 new videos from NASA (SVS) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=6&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20250822125635
La mission PREFIRE de la NASA utilise de minuscules satellites pour suivre le climat mondial 🌍 et améliorer nos prévisions ! https://karlobag.eu/fr/espace/la-mission-prefire-de-la-nasa-sest-prolongee%C2%A0-de-minuscules-satellites-surveillent-desormais-le-climat-de-la-planete-entiere-pour-de-meilleures-previsions-wg60e #Space #Science #Innovation #EarthObservation #CubeSat #PREFIRE #ClimatePrediction
Smarter EO: Dynamic targeting: #NASA’s #JPL demonstrates autonomous #EarthObservation satellite operation: a #cubesat using “dynamic targeting” to decide, on its own, where to collect the most useful #EO data in real-time. This innovation could make future satellites smarter and...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/07/28-smarter-eo-dynamic-targeting/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS
#FAU:
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Inbetriebnahme d. Quantenmodule des .. Kleinstsatelliten QUBE
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".. Verbindung zw. Sat. u. Bodenstation ..Während .. Überflugs auf d. Bahnhöhe v. 480 km muss d. Lageregelungssystem .. Sat. auf .. Bodenstation ausrichten, um m. dem Laser an Bord .. Empfängerspiegel mit 80 cm Durchm. .. zu treffen. .."
25.7.2025
#Cubesat #DLR #Laser #LMU #Oberpfaffenhofen #Quantenkommunikation #Quantenphysik #Quantenverschlüsselung #QUBE #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #ZfT
Successful on-air test of the #amsatuk U/V FM transponder for the Jovian-1 6U #Cubesat #satellite
https://amsat-uk.org/2025/07/25/jovian-1-u-v-fm-transponder-test/
🛰️What's that #CubeSat #Satellite stuff anyhow?🛰️
At @why2025camp I'll be going in to a brief history and overview of what is being achieved with CubeSats.
🗓️ 2025-08-09 16:00–16:50, Brachium
🔗https://cfp.why2025.org/why2025/talk/LZSAXB/
Note: preliminary schedule, please check for updates!
🛰️What's that #CubeSat #Satellite stuff anyhow?🛰️
At @why2025.bsky.social I'll be going in to a brief history and overview of what is being achieved with CubeSats.
🗓️ 2025-08-09 16:00–16:50, Brachium
🔗 cfp.why2025.org/why2025/talk...
Note: preliminary schedule, please check for updates!
#WHY2025
cfp.why2025.org/why2025/talk..
Suprisingly, the spring washers are doing a remarkably good job preventing nut loosening under heavy vibration of the frame. A low offgassing loctite will still be used for added strength.
Version 1 of the wood cubesat frame goes together pretty good. The brackets do need to be properly made for an ideal assembly. And I might modify how the rods attach to the frame. But otherwise I'm optimistic so far.
The total amount of metal in the cubesat frame is minimal which is what I'm going for. Those brackets are handmade and aren't flight hardware, they are just for testing until I get the proper tools to make better ones.
Deux CubeSats réussissent un amarrage orbital inédit via GPS différentiel, sans capteurs optiques – l’autonomie en orbite repensée 🚀
https://hellobiz.fr/2025/07/03/premiere-mondiale-dans-lespace-deux-satellites-reussissent-un-amarrage-en-orbite-sans-capteurs-optiques-uniquement-via-gps/
#espace #science #technologie
#autonomieorbitale #DGPS #CubeSat
#ROADSmission #GPSdocking #ROADS
My talk about CubeSat stuff at @why2025.bsky.social got accepted, so with a bit of luck I can show some cool things done with CubeSats if our customers allow it! #hamradio #cubesat #satellite #electronics #hacking
My talk about CubeSat stuff at @why2025camp got accepted, so with a bit of luck I can show some cool things done with CubeSats if our customers allow it!
#hamradio #cubesat #satellite #electronics #hacking
#DLR:
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Experimente in Schwerelosigkeit
Satellit zur Quantenkommunikation aus Deutschland startet ins All
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"Am 23. Juni 2025 um 23:25 Uhr MEZ (14:18 Uhr Ortszeit) ist das deutsche Experiment QUICK³ mit einer Falcon-9-Rakete der Firma SpaceX in Kalifornien gestartet."
https://www.dlr.de/de/aktuelles/nachrichten/2025/quick3
25.6.2025
#BornscheRegel #CubeSat #QKD #Quantenkommunikation #Quantenmechanik #QUICK³ #QUICK3 #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #SpaceFlight
The cubesat parts have been in the vaccum chamber for 7 days now. Although I realistically can't reduce the wood off gassing to 0, I can atleast pull out the more volitile compounds. Heating in the vaccum probably would do more, but eh. This is just the prototype.
