View from CubeSat
Warwick University’s WUSAT-2 satellite, which was launched earlier this month, uses miniature connectors from Harwin.
The student-run project has built and launched a small 10x10x10cm CubeSat satellite into space.
Overseen by the European Space Agency (ESA), the satellite was launched from the Swedish Space Centre. After the successful launch the satellite was ejected and the communications system started transmitting data signals at the ground station.
“This is the first time that data has been successfully transmitted and received from an ESA/Rexus launched unit on re-entry – an amazing achievement. We have a lot of data now to be analysed, and we are hoping to estimate the speed of the satellite via the Doppler shift of the radio signals,” said Dr William Crofts, director of Warwick Satellite Programme at the University of Warwick.
Harwin’s Datamate, Gecko and M300 connector systems are designed to withstand the severe shock and vibration and temperature conditions experienced by satellites on launch and during deployment.
Crofts added: “We are hopeful of a full orbital launch for WUSAT-3 in the future, and there is a real chance that we may even be able to deploy WUSAT-3 from the International Space Station.”
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