ARLA/CLUSTER: ISS pode lançar cinquenta CubeSat em 2016

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

QB50 CubeSats to be deployed from ISS

It has been announced that the fifty CubeSat *QB50* constellation should be
shipped to the International Space Station (ISS) in July 2016 for
subsequent deployment

It had been planned for them to be launched by Alcantara Cyclone Space, a
joint venture between the governments of Ukraine and Brazil, but that
option is not longer available.

The AlbertaSat website reports on the 9th QB50 Workshop, held September 8,
2015 in Liège, Belgium. The CubeSats are now planned to be deployed from
the ISS using the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) and the Nanoracks
CubeSat Deployers.

Eight NanoRacks deployers are installed on the Multi-Purpose Experiment
Platform (MPEP). Each deployer has a capacity of 6U and so can hold up to
six 1U, three 2U or two 3U CubeSats. They are carried by Japanese
Experiment Module-Remote Manipulator System (JEM-RMS).

AlbertaSat provide an update on the QB50 precursor CubeSats P1/P2 which
were launched in 2014. The first payload is working, and while it has been
resetting, no damage appears to have occurred. It is possible that the
second payload is damaged, but it is still functioning.

Representatives from QB50 also took the time to clearly define their goals
and specify the details of the project. The project aims to probe probe
thermosphere with about 40 sensors which study atmospheric science. These
sensors include the Langmuir Probes that will be on Ex Alta-1. 40 CubeSats
will be fitted with one of these sensors. The other 10 CubeSats will have
in-orbit demonstrations.

QB50 project https://www.qb50.eu/

Launch of QB50 precursor CubeSats QB50p1 (EO-79) and QB50p2 (EO-80)
http://amsat-uk.org/2014/06/19/successful-launch-of-amateur-radio-satellite-payloads/

January 2014 original QB50 CubeSat launch contract signed
http://amsat-uk.org/2014/01/28/qb50-cubesat-launch-contract-signed/

AlbertaSat
http://albertasat.ca/
https://www.facebook.com/AlbertaSa
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