Ever wondered what the usual day in the life of a UoBSat team member is? If so, keep reading! After an up and down history for the ground station which has been subject to its fair share of storms, the team has been putting in significant effort to bring it back to fully operational status. …
Yesterday, our project manager, Tom, was invited back onto the John Darvall show on BBC Radio Bristol to answer one of the public’s burning questions. James from Emersons Green asked “How can you tell the difference between a star and a satellite in the night’s sky? Surely some stars are just as bright as satellites?” …
Today, our Project Manager and Electronics lead, Tom and George, were lucky enough to be invited to BBC Radio Bristol to be interviewed on the John Darvall show. They spoke about their experience working on Pathfinder and going to the European Space Agency to conduct an environmental testing campaign. If you weren’t able to catch …
Now this is a juicy one and one that I know you have all been waiting for! As you may or may not know, our payload’s thermal infrared camera is a FLIR Tau 2 and this is covered under something called dual-use. This is essentially something that is used in both commercial and military applications …
Read more “How we did it: Exporting and Reimporting Pathfinder”
PROVE Pathfinder are excited to announce that we shall be represented at EGU 2023 by Deputy Project Manager, Thomas! He shall be presenting the environmental testing work that the team has recently completed in partnership with the ESA Education Office at the CubeSat Support Facility in Belgium and we are delighted that we have been …
Whilst UoBSat’s vibration campaign ended 2 weeks ago now, we have been busy going over some of the footage that was taken of our tests and we are so excited to be able to share this with you! This one was worth the wait! Days 4 and 5 of the vibration campaign saw the exciting …
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Following on from our last update, the team have been hard at work completing the setup for the start of the vibration testing. Days 2-3 saw the team complete their inspections and functional tests on PROVE. It was noticed that the TIR lens wasn’t fully secure, this could have been dislodged in transport or the …
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Good morning from the PROVE Pathfinder vibrations team! After a successful journey from Bristol, Pathfinder has made its way to Belgium! Today the team spent their time setting up. The morning consisted of a safety briefing and catching up with the Fly Your Satellite! colleagues that we have come to know well over the last …
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 …