From Basement to Orbit - A New Class of Personal Satellites

A project in Lancaster, PA by Joe Latrell
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The adventures of designing, building, and launching a PocketQube satellite.
Backers: 34
Average Pledge Per Backer: $81

Funded: $2,742 of $50,000
Dates: Jan 21st -> Feb 20th (30 days)
Project By: Joe Latrell
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Latest News

Software Experiment

February 14th - via: kickstarter.com
One of our prototypes. For us, it never gets old. The latest test of the hardware is up and running. Check out this link: discovery.mini-cubes.com.  The site you see there is a web server running on the NanoPi NEO, one of the System on Chip boards... (Read More)

Seven Parts Now At Gold Status, Kickstarter Push

February 9th - via: kickstarter.com
There are seven parts in the image above. All seven of them are now at gold status. Currently they are being manufactured on our 3D printer for final checkout. Once done, the files will be sent to our manufacturer. Flight hardware should be here... (Read More)

Several Major Parts Reach Gold Status

February 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Gold status. For us that means we re ready to build the flight qualifying hardware. It is a big deal for us and we are happy to have reached this point. You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound... (Read More)

Kill Switch System In Place

February 5th - via: kickstarter.com
We finished the design for the Kill Switches. The Discovery required two of these to prevent the satellite for starting up while in route to orbit. Check out the video for a bit more information. You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this... (Read More)

Software Change

January 31st - via: kickstarter.com
A Kickstarter follower, Vincenzo, suggested a cool idea and we are working to make it happen. The amount of data we can transmit down is limited by bandwidth but there is enough room to transmit a few names with the data every few minutes. The idea... (Read More)

Prototype Parts Reach Gold Status

January 27th - via: kickstarter.com
The image below shows the main components of the Discovery chassis. These parts are in their final form and will not need any further modifications. Now we can move on to printing the first flight components. From left to right these parts are:... (Read More)

What is a Sun-synchronous Orbit Anyway?

January 25th - via: kickstarter.com
The differences between a Sun-synchronous and standard orbit. The Discovery satellite will be flying at 500 kilometers (310 miles) in a Sun-synchronous orbit. What that means for us is that the Discovery is always in sunlight, letting the solar... (Read More)

Radiation Test

January 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Back in November, my good friend Joel Jackel came out to the Mini-Cubes studio to work on radiation testing for the Discovery PocketQube. It was a long tiring day but well worth it.  (Read More)

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