{"id":239603,"date":"2016-02-23T13:45:12","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T17:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/?p=28086"},"modified":"2016-02-23T13:45:12","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T17:45:12","slug":"uk-and-malta-university-satellite-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=239603","title":{"rendered":"UK and Malta University Satellite Collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mock-up showing typical size of a PocketQube satellite<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The UK’s University of Birmingham, the University of Malta, the Malta Amateur Radio League (MARL)<\/a><\/strong> and the Italian Astrodynamics company, GAUSS Srl are collaborating on a project to send a PocketQube satellite with an amateur radio payload into space.<\/p>\n

The Times of Malta newspaper reports:<\/p>\n

The 5x5x5 cm device, referred to as a PocketQube pico-satellite, will be launched in 2018 into a sun-synchronous low earth orbit (LEO) and will be used to validate on-board equipment that will study the properties the Earth\u2019s ionosphere.<\/p>\n

This project will pave the way for a swarm of eight such satellites that will spread over a large geographical area and hence gain better coverage of changeable ionospheric conditions which affect radio communications.<\/p>\n

The collaboration has brought together two Maltese post graduate engineering students \u2013 Darren Cachia<\/a><\/strong> in Malta and Jonathan Osairiis Camilleri (Ozzy)<\/strong><\/a>, a Ph.D. student<\/a> at the University of Birmingham \u2013 who have joined efforts and are developing the satellite platform and the scientific payload respectively.<\/p>\n

The mission is expected to last about 18 months and will relay information back to Earth that will be accessible to anyone owning a simple ham radio set. Information will be made available in due course to allow schools and interested individuals to participate using inexpensive equipment.<\/p>\n

Read the Time of Malta story at
\nhttp:\/\/www.timesofmalta.com\/articles\/view\/20160221\/local\/university-project-to-launch-device-in-space.602663<\/a><\/p>\n

Read the Independent newspaper story at
\nhttp:\/\/www.independent.com.mt\/articles\/2016-02-21\/local-news\/Watch-University-of-Malta-unveils-the-nation-s-first-space-mission-6736153637<\/a><\/p>\n

Martin Sweeting G3YJO<\/strong> gave a presentation to the University of Birmingham titled: Keeping Satellites in Space – Where Science and Engineering Meet
\nhttp:\/\/www.birmingham.ac.uk\/university\/colleges\/eps\/events\/distinguished-lecture\/lectures-archive\/Prof-Martin-Sweeting.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

Malta Amateur Radio League (MARL) http:\/\/www.9h1mrl.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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