09 Jul VCC-Deployment
Three Virginia university satellites were deployed into nearly simultaneous orbit from the International Space Station at 10:50 a.m. EDT on July 3....
Three Virginia university satellites were deployed into nearly simultaneous orbit from the International Space Station at 10:50 a.m. EDT on July 3....
The Antares NG-11 rocket launched successfully today at NASA Wallops Flight Facility. The rocket is transporting the Cygnus cargo spacecraft delivering supplies, including the three CubeSats, to the International Space Station. ...
A link to the most recent pre-launch press release about the Virginia CubeSat Constellation project can be found on this blog posting....
NASA recently put together a fact sheet about the Virginia CubeSat Constellation. Chceck out the blog post for a printable pdf....
The NanoRacks deployer containing the three Virginia CubeSat Constellation Satellites is packed and ready for shipment to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport for integration into the Cygnus module that will carry it to the International Space Station....
The University of Virginia recently installed an antenna atop the Mechanical Engineering Building which, along with the corresponding radio and server, comprises the new Ground Station that will be used to receive data from the Libertas CubeSat as it orbits the Earth. ...
Old Dominion University's Batten College of Engineering and Technology recently produced a video on the Virginia CubeSat Constellation. Watch in the blog post link....
A giant leap towards space for Virginia university students took place on February 26 when students from three Virginia universities delivered their small satellites to NanoRacks in Houston to be integrated into the Company’s commercially developed CubeSat deployer (NRCSD) and then launched on Northrop Grumman’s Antares to the International Space Station. ...
The Virginia CubeSat Constellation has attracted a lot of attention lately with a number of published articles. An article, recently published in the Virginian Pilot, can be found here....
The Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute (HUPTI) is working with the Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) to test components of student satellites bound for orbit. The Institute’s proton beam, which offers cutting edge cancer treatments, is being used to simulate the impact of radiation encountered in the space environment on space hardware developed by the students....