For our second post on the technical side of the project we are talking about software. The Flight Software (FSW) and Onboard Computer (OBC) is the central brain of any spacecraft. For PROVE Pathfinder, it controls when the system performs any action, like taking a picture, collecting telemetry or sending data to storage. The way …
Our first update on technical things. This time from the structures team looking at the process of drilling sensitive optical components – at PROVE Pathfinder, that means lenses! Both our thermal infrared (TIR) and our optical (VIS) camera lenses are Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) and are not designed to be used in a vacuum …
2 weeks ago we had a fantastic opportunity to host an event to share our project with aspiring young students as a part of the Access to Bristol scheme. UoBSat’s mission is not only to contribute to science but also to inform the public about engineering in space and the importance of space technology. The …
Read more “Catch the Volcano! Satellite and Thermal Imaging Mission”
UoBSat are delighted to announce that our new website is now live! We would particularly like to thank Vilius for all his hard work over the last 2 months to bring us into the modern age. Over the next few weeks, we shall frequently be posting on our blog and socials to update everyone on …
Prove Pathfinder were delighted to welcome the CEO of the UK Space Agency, Paul Bate, to our lab in Bristol last week. We had the chance to speak with him and his team about the work we do at the University of Bristol to get undergraduate and postgraduate students alike involved in exciting space projects. …
PROVE Pathfinder is delighted to announce we have successfully been given the ‘Green Light’ for our testing campaign at ESA’s CubeSat Support Facility in ESEC-Galaxia in Belgium with the Fly Your Satellite! Testing Opportunities programme of the Education Office of the European Space Agency. Over the coming weeks we will be giving updates on the …
PROVE Pathfinder is pleased to present our mission patch. This was designed by our team to visually highlight key aspects of the PROVE Pathfinder mission, with the final logo drawn by David Reid . The CubeSat bus is clearly presented, and with a beagle onboard. This is representative of our payload’s onboard computer – the …
PROVE stands for the Pointable Radiometer for the Observation of Volcanic Emissions. It is an Earth observation payload proposed by the UoBSat team at the University of Bristol. Pathfinder is a thermal infrared (TIR) and visual (VIS) imaging payload used for volcanic ash cloud observation. It is worked on by a team of undergraduate and …