UPSat – the first open source hardware and software satellite is delivered
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Re: UPSat – the first open source hardware and software satellite is delivered
#2Hey there, UPSat team member here. If you have any questions for the team I would be more than happy to answer them of relay them to the team.
Re: UPSat – the first open source hardware and software satellite is delivered
#3Hey there, UPSat team member here. If you have any questions for the team I would be more than happy to answer them of relay them to the team.
What does it actually do, i.e. what is it's mission?
I couldn't find this info anywhere on the website.
Re: UPSat – the first open source hardware and software satellite is delivered
#4Hey there, UPSat team member here. If you have any questions for the team I would be more than happy to answer them of relay them to the team.
Great project!
The overview doesn't really say what the satellite is for, so I went digging. It looks like you have two payloads, the https://www.qb50.eu/ system for analysing the thin plasma of the upper atmosphere and a 5MP imager (essentially a cellphone camera in space)?
How do you handle comms to ground - do you have to rent time on ground stations or do you have your own?
I quite like the use of multiple STM32F4 microcontrollers, one per subsystem. Are they special spacegrade ones or "regular"?
Re: UPSat – the first open source hardware and software satellite is delivered
#5Hey there, UPSat team member here. If you have any questions for the team I would be more than happy to answer them of relay them to the team.
Great project! The overview doesn't really say what the satellite is for , so I went digging. It looks like you have two payloads, the https://www.qb50.eu/ system for analysing the thin plasma of the upper atmosphere and a 5MP imager (essentially a cellphone camera in space)? How do you handle comms to ground - do you have to rent time on ground stations or do you have your own? I quite like the use of multiple STM32…
That's right we have two payloads a QB50 subsystem to analyse thin plasma and an imager
Comms are handled via the SatNOGS project open satellite project
STM32F4 aren't special spacegrade but they have already being used successfully in other cubesats
Re: UPSat – the first open source hardware and software satellite is delivered
#6Hey there, UPSat team member here. If you have any questions for the team I would be more than happy to answer them of relay them to the team.
What does it actually do, i.e. what is it's mission? I couldn't find this info anywhere on the website.
It's part of the QB50 project aiming to collect data from thin plasma in thermosphere.
Re: UPSat – the first open source hardware and software satellite is delivered
#7Hey there, UPSat team member here. If you have any questions for the team I would be more than happy to answer them of relay them to the team.
Will there be a hardened version? Shielded from laser attacks, EMI attacks, projectiles, explosives, etc?
Re: UPSat – the first open source hardware and software satellite is delivered
#8Is it solar powered?
Re: UPSat – the first open source hardware and software satellite is delivered
#9Great work! When (roughly) do you expect it to be launched, and will we be able to receive signals with a Raspberry Pi + Tv Tuner SDR stick? :)
Re: UPSat – the first open source hardware and software satellite is delivered
#10Is it solar powered?
Yes, those trapezoid looking black things on the sides are solar panels.
It surely has onboard batteries as well.