How many students…
How many students does it take to remove a thermal model from a thermal vacuum chamber? Well, in this case, four as shown on the photo. However, an extra hand is always good to have and Kaarel Repän (front left) was happy to have the help of Purichmun Low, Jacobo Parra and Emmeric Vitztum (from […]
August 21, 2020
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New collaborations
We are very happy to announce two important collaborations we were able to establish in the framework of our CubeSat program. In order to boost our capability to predict the orbit propagation and to assess and mitigate collision probabilities, we have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the German company Okapi:orbits (https://okapiorbits.space/). The goal of […]
February 21, 2020
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OBC Tests
In the near future CubeSats will be used extensively for missions far outside of Earth’s protective magnetic field. The accumulated radiation dose the satellites must endure in such missions is significantly higher than when “only” orbiting Earth in LEO. One of the major objectives of CLIMB is to identify software and hardware means to endure […]
February 19, 2020
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Development trends
Development trends in space propulsion Represented by Kaarel Repän, Alexandros Sousanis, and Emmeric Vitztum, the CLIMB team presented the current status of the CLIMB project in the framework of a student competition at the polish conference “Development trends in space propulsion”. And they won! The CLIMB project was recognized as an important contribution to the […]
February 12, 2020
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ESA CubeSat Industry Days
Roger Walker presenting the impressive list of CubeSat missions supported by the European Space Agency during the ESA CubeSat Industry Days at ESTEC, Holland, 4-7th of June, 2019.
June 7, 2019
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