#smallsat — Public Fediverse posts

A Guide to CubeSat Mission and Bus Design

https://pressbooks-dev.oer.hawaii.edu/epet302/

#HackerNews #CubeSat #Mission #BusDesign #SpaceEngineering #SmallSat #Technology #SatelliteDevelopment

SmallSat Alliance shifts focus from proliferation to coordination

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/smallsat-alliance-shifts-focus-from-proliferation-to-coordination/

Space Force moves to standardize satellites with ‘Handle 2.0’ contract

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/space-force-moves-to-standardize-satellites-with-handle-2-0-contract/

Pandora: Ein kleiner Satellit mit großer Wirkung für die Exoplanetenforschung
https://dauckchristian.home.blog/2026/01/03/pandora-ein-kleiner-satellit-mit-groser-wirkung-fur-die-exoplanetenforschung/
#SpaceExploration #Astronomy #NASA #Exoplanets #PandoraMission #ScienceNews #Astrophysics #SmallSat #SpaceTech #StellarActivity #Universe #STEM #DeepSpace #Astrobiology #Pandora #PandoraSatellit

GHGSatがNASAからメタン排出データの承認を取得
https://spacenews.com/ghgsat-gains-nasa-approval-for-methane-emissions-data/

GHGSatのメタン排出データがNASAのSmallSatデータ取得プログラムで利用可能に。NASAは7社を選定し、総額476百万ドルで契約。 #GHGSat #NASA #SmallSat

#Momentus #space company, offering tug services and involved in many #smallsat, #cubesat etc launches (including our own)
is hitting rough space weather.

https://orbitaltoday.com/2024/02/05/momentus-disclose-financial-turmoil-amid-mission-cancellation/

So last week I was in Utah for the Small Satellites Conference, and while I was gone our maker in residence went and built a satellite ground station. I'm not sure which of us had the most fun? 🤔 #smallsat #raspberrypi https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/small-satellites-and-big-antennas/

“If you can’t get traction for your idea with #DARPA program managers, just wait six months and try it with the next batch!” says DARPA director Stefanie Tompkins at #SmallSat. 😂🤣

LeoStella will be supersizing its small satellites
Tukwila, Wash.-based LeoStella is unveiling its latest, greatest platform for small satellites, which should hit a sweet spot for future manufacturing contracts.

LeoStella, which is a joint venture co-owned by European satellite manufacturer Thales Alenia Space and a geospatial data analysis company ca
https://cosmiclog.com/2023/08/06/leostella-will-be-supersizing-its-small-satellites/
#GeekWire #LeoStella #Satellites #SmallSat #Space

"Honey, I Super-Sized the SmallSat": #LeoStella unveils a bigger spacecraft bus that should open the way for manufacturing satellites weighing as much as half a ton - which would be big enough for the Pentagon's purposes in the #smallsat market. https://www.geekwire.com/2023/leostella-super-sizes-small-satellite-bus/ #Space

@parisba @chrisjrn Next trip takes me to Utah. Unless you’re heading to the #SmallSat conference next month, it’s not going to be soon! 😔

Quetzal #smallsat goes #opensouce #satellite #guatemala
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/04/quetzal-1-satellite-goes-open-source/#comments

Are those #adafruit modules on this #smallsat?

Democratizing Space, One Picosatellite at a Time - There was a time when putting an object into low Earth orbit was the absolute pinn... - https://hackaday.com/2023/06/28/democratizing-space-one-picosatellite-at-a-time/ #hackadaycolumns #commercialspace #lowearthorbit #hackchat #smallsat #cubesat #space

Bankruptcy Sale Scatters Virgin Orbit to the Winds - When Virgin Orbit filed for bankruptcy in April, it was clear the commercial launc... - https://hackaday.com/2023/05/25/bankruptcy-sale-scatters-virgin-orbit-to-the-winds/ #commercialspace #launcherone #virginorbit #smallsat #space #news

Virgin Orbit Pauses Operations, Seeks Funding - It looks as though things may have gone from bad to worse at Virgin Orbit, the sat... - https://hackaday.com/2023/03/17/virgin-orbit-pauses-operations-seeks-funding/ #commercialspace #virgingalactic #lowearthorbit #launcherone #virginorbit #smallsat #space #news

YYC - SJC today. I'm looking forward to #smallsat starting tomorrow. The line up of talks looks incredible

#SmallSat launchers : #LauchCost vs #performance : https://www.newspace.im/assets/fig/Newspace_launchers_costsperkgperf_2023-01-01_large.png

Graphs last update: 2023-01-01, 195 #SmallSat launchers listed : https://www.newspace.im/launchers

The keyword hashtag list reached 5️⃣5️⃣ 55 entries :

#AsteroidMining
#AsteroidThreat
#CelestialBodyLanding
#DSOC (Deep Space Optical Communications)
#HallEffectThruster
#HumanSpaceflight
#HumanSpaceflightBasics
#HumanSpaceflightHealth
#HumanSpaceflightSecurity
#ISRU (in situ resource utilization)
#LaunchCost
#Lunar3dPrinting
#MoonMining
#PrivateSpaceflight
#ReusableLaunchVehicle
#RocketEngine
#RocketScience
#SatelliteImprovement
#SatelliteInternetAccess
#SBSP (Space-based Solar Power)
#SmallSat
#SpaceAgency
#SpaceCommunication
#SpaceCompany
#SpaceCraft
#SpaceColonization
#SpacecraftComparison
#SpacecraftPropulsion
#SpaceDebris
#SpaceEnergy
#SpaceEvent
#SpaceFood
#SpaceForce
#SpaceHabitat
#SpaceHotel
#SpaceIndustry
#SpaceInfrastructure
#SpaceLogistics
#SpaceMaintenance
#SpaceMining
#SpaceNavigation
#SpacePhotography
#SpacePlants
#SpacePolitics
#SpacePort
#SpaceRegulation
#SpaceRobot
#SpaceScience
#SpaceSciFi
#SpaceStation
#SpaceSuit
#SpaceTelescope
#SpaceTourism
#SpaceWelding
#TimeToOrbit

Status update for #LunarFlashlight: Our little spacecraft is happy and healthy, though three of its thrusters are not providing as much oomph as expected. The mission team is now modifying their plans to get the small satellite into its planned near-rectilinear halo orbit. More: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-lunar-flashlight-team-assessing-spacecrafts-propulsion-system #space #NASA #NASAJPL #SmallSat

#Alaska Pacific #Spaceport 📆 Jan. 10, 2023 #ABL Space Systems launch #failure 🚀. The nine engines in its first stage #shut down simultaneously after #liftoff, causing the vehicle to fall back to the pad and explode 💥 https://spacenews.com/first-abl-space-systems-launch-fails/?preview_id=135979

#LockheedMartin purchased 26 launches on ABL’s RS1 through 2025, with the option for up to another 32 launches through 2029 https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/01/abl-rs1-demo-1

🚀 #rockets dedicated to launching small #satellites face competition from #SpaceX #SmallSat #rideshare business https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/10/world/abl-space-systems-satellite-launch-alaska-scn/index.html

Picture : #Antares Rocket explosion (#RS1 launch hasn't been streamed)

#RocketScience #SpaceCompany

📦 🚐 How may #microlaunchers compete with #Starship 🚚 ?

It's not all about #LaunchCost, but also time ⏱️ to (the exact) #orbit. See "Do you prefer dedicated microlauncher flights or #rideshares on heavier launchers" and "What are the advantages of a dedicated launch on a #microlauncher" https://www.rolandberger.com/en/Insights/Publications/Small-Satellites-and-the-growing-demand-in-microlaunchers-and-ridesharing.html

#LaunchCost #SmallSat #TimeToOrbit

Top 10 #spaceflight events 2023

• #Artemis II crew announcement
• Debut flight of #Ariane 6
• Private #science missions
• #Smallsat launchers
• First #DreamChaser flight
• First #Starliner crewed flight
• #OsirisRex #asteroid sample return
• 100 #Falcon flights
• #Vulcan first flight (#ULA)
• #Starship first #orbital flight
https://youtu.be/zLMN7uXBRYM

#NasaSpaceflight #SpaceNews #CelestialBodyLanding #HumanSpaceflight

EDIT: Launch has been STOOD DOWN. New launch date TBC. More from SpaceX: https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1598106762850500609

OLD POST: LUNAR FLASHLIGHT LAUNCH LIVESTREAM: At 12:37 a.m. PST (3:37 a.m. EST) Thursday morning, the ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 1 will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 -- #LunarFlashlight will be using the launch as a rideshare and its deployment will be one of the final events in the livestream. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaaF0IgzGSI #Moon #CubeSat #SmallSat #Artemis

Another awesome project I'm working on: Launching as a secondary payload with #ArtemisI is NASA's NEA Scout: A small satellite packing a huge solar sail that will unfurl after launch, using solar radiation as propulsion, chasing down a tiny near-Earth asteroid. Incredible stuff: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-solar-sail-mission-to-chase-tiny-asteroid-after-artemis-i-launch #asteroids #neos #neas #smallsat #cubesat

This is one of the projects I'm working with. A tiny spacecraft with a singular mission: To seek out water ice inside the #Moon's permanently shadowed regions. A huge number of scientists and engineers are working on #NASA's Lunar Flashlight, and we're looking to launch no earlier than Nov. 22: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-lunar-flashlight-ready-to-search-for-the-moons-water-ice #smallsat #moonscience #artemisprogram