Tyler Rose and Dan Smith are headed to Morehead State University to vibe test the MCubed-2 EDU (engineering development unit). They plan to test MC2 to over 20+ g’s; that’s 20 times the force of gravity. This is preparation for our delivery of MC2 scheduled for late June.
Hold tight MC2!
John Springmann, an MXL PhD student, was recently selected to compete in the Frank J. Reed Student Scholarship Competition at the SmallSat Conference this summer. This is his second time, and during the first, he won first place. The title of his paper is “On-Orbit Calibration of Photodiodes for Attitude Determination”. With these techniques, John is Continue Reading »
The MCubed-2 team has been working diligently on the EDU and Flight systems. The EDU is pictures below in a partially integrated state. Prototype photos are online as well from a vibe test a few months ago.
The team’s schedule is packed over the next few weeks. We are traveling to AFIT to test with Continue Reading »
Congrats to Ben, Srinagesh and their team for doing well in the DARPA Spectrum Challenge! Their team will be moving on to the next round. Good luck!
NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative recently selected a space mission supported by the The Michigan Exploration Laboratory at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This mission, the Interplanetary NanoSpacecraft Pathfinder In Relevant Environment (INSPIRE), will pave the way into deep space for CubeSat-class missions and open up additional opportunities for heliophysics Continue Reading »