NASA has announced their 2013 CubeSat Launch Initiative, and we’ll be headed to Deep Space with NASA’s help! We have partnered on a mission led by JPL to take CubeSats further than ever. Details to follow soon.
Nec temere, nec timide!
Go Long!
For the football fans out there, we are pulling a play from the playbook for the long pass, the long flight, the Hail Mary. Last week, our colleague, Prof Ben Longmier, launched an accidental “floater” balloon that travelled from Ann Arbor deep into Quebec. A Canadian park ranger recovered the balloon and it’s headed back Continue Reading »
MCubed-2 preps for vibe
The MXL team is prepping MCubed-2 for a vibration test scheduled for Monday, 14 January 2013. The purpose of the vibe is to validate the new MCubed-2 structure that will also serve as the foundation for future MXL CubeSats. A partially integrated M-Cubed is shown below.
Satellites in a Box
Peach Mountain Maintenance and Testing Underway
MXL students and Aerospace Engineering staff are spending this week at the Peach Mountain dish performing annual dish maintenance and prepping for upcoming proof of concept testing. The maintenance includes greasing all the bearings and gears. A software-defined radio and UHF antenna will then be installed in the feedhorn in order to test the ability Continue Reading »