We explored the radio astronomy site that has been operating on Peach Mountain for over fifty years. The site is retiring, and we are hoping that with some additional funding and a lot of elbow grease, we will be able to upgrade it to support our satellite missions. Peach Mountain is just about 20 Continue Reading »
RAX press release
Check out the official press release for RAX’s recent accomplishments. This was featured in such news sources as: Wall Street Journal Market Watch, R&D Magazine, Science Newsline, BetaNews, EurekAlert, Patexia, Solar Flares News, ITbriefing and others.
From the article: “The RAX radar echo discovery has convincingly proved that miniature satellites, Continue Reading »
RAX-2 measures radar echoes, demonstrates unique science capabilities!
On Thursday, March 8, RAX-2 measured radar scatter from irregularities in Earth’s ionosphere! The measurements, shown in the plot below, demonstrate the unique scientific capability of the RAX CubeSat. The RAX measurements will help scientists improve the understanding of and develop forecast models for electron density irregularities in the ionosphere, which are known to Continue Reading »
CubeSat MBSE Paper Presented at IEEE Aerospace Conference
Members of MXL have been working with modeling and systems engineers from Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL), Systems Tool Kit (STK), the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), and others to apply Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) concepts to model a CubeSat. We presented our initial work at the IEEE Aerospace Conference in Big Sky, Montana this week. Continue Reading »
RAX attitude determination subsystem design paper now available
A journal paper covering the design of the MXL-developed attitude determination subsystem that’s flown on RAX-1 and RAX-2 is now available online.