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18 Apr

Posted at 03:28h in cubesat, engineering, hampton university, international space station, low earth orbit, nasa, old dominion university, satellite, STEM, student flight projects, university of virginia, virginia tech, wallops island

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. ...

05 Apr

Posted at 15:20h in cubesat, engineering, hampton university, international space station, low earth orbit, nasa, old dominion university, satellite, STEM, student flight projects, university of virginia, virginia tech, wallops island

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....

20 Mar

Posted at 15:37h in cubesat, engineering, hampton university, international space station, low earth orbit, nasa, old dominion university, satellite, STEM, student flight projects, university of virginia, virginia tech, wallops island

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. ...

27 Feb

Posted at 15:41h in cubesat, engineering, hampton university, international space station, low earth orbit, nasa, old dominion university, satellite, STEM, student flight projects, university of virginia, virginia tech, wallops island

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. ...

02 Dec

Posted at 16:14h in cubesat, hampton university, international space station, low earth orbit, nasa, old dominion university, satellite, student flight projects, university of virginia, virginia tech, wallops island

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....