Transporter mission schedules https://twitter.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1501307339651141637
What does the "U" mean when discussing cube or small sats?
Quote from: alugobi on 03/11/2022 12:49 amWhat does the "U" mean when discussing cube or small sats?See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSatone U is a 10 cm cube.
Quote from: DanClemmensen on 03/11/2022 12:52 amQuote from: alugobi on 03/11/2022 12:49 amWhat does the "U" mean when discussing cube or small sats?See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSatone U is a 10 cm cube.Thanks. So, from above, VariSat-1 A/B/C, 3x 6U--does that mean 3 units of 6 cubes fixed together, or 3 sets of 6 separate cubes, thus totaling 18 units deployed?
Quote from: alugobi on 03/11/2022 01:02 amQuote from: DanClemmensen on 03/11/2022 12:52 amQuote from: alugobi on 03/11/2022 12:49 amWhat does the "U" mean when discussing cube or small sats?See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSatone U is a 10 cm cube.Thanks. So, from above, VariSat-1 A/B/C, 3x 6U--does that mean 3 units of 6 cubes fixed together, or 3 sets of 6 separate cubes, thus totaling 18 units deployed?3 nanosatellites, each with a 6U volume. I assume each satellite is 3U long by 2U wide. But it could be 6U x 1U?
On my website i try to keep track of all cubesat projects in all form factors. I think this might help to show, which shapes the cubesats can appear.https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sat/cubesat.htm
AMSAT-EA partners with Alba Orbital for second SpaceX launch of 2022 [dated Feb. 15]QuoteFollowing the mission success of Alba Cluster 3 & 4 in the new year, Alba Orbital and AMSAT-EA (Spain) today announced a rideshare agreement to launch another PocketQube satellite (‘URESAT-1’) on-board Alba Cluster 6 in Q4 2022, a project managed by AMSAT-EA, a non-profit amateur radio association, on behalf of Union de Radioaficionados Españoles (URE), the Spanish Radio League Association. The mission is scheduled to fly via SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle using Alba Orbital’s flight-proven AlbaPod to deploy the pico-satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).URESAT-1 – A chess playing ham radio satellite [dated Feb. 18]QuoteIntensive work is underway to make URESAT-1 available before the end of the year. If all goes according to plan, URESAT-1 will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in October.
Following the mission success of Alba Cluster 3 & 4 in the new year, Alba Orbital and AMSAT-EA (Spain) today announced a rideshare agreement to launch another PocketQube satellite (‘URESAT-1’) on-board Alba Cluster 6 in Q4 2022, a project managed by AMSAT-EA, a non-profit amateur radio association, on behalf of Union de Radioaficionados Españoles (URE), the Spanish Radio League Association. The mission is scheduled to fly via SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle using Alba Orbital’s flight-proven AlbaPod to deploy the pico-satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
Intensive work is underway to make URESAT-1 available before the end of the year. If all goes according to plan, URESAT-1 will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in October.
Spaceflight Now is showing this launching on June 1st from SLC-4E, which would be a first for a Transporter mission.
With SpaceX’s rideshare launch business booming, the launch of Transporter 5 is just two months from today.Transporter 5 was originally slated to launch from Vandenberg, but has recently been moved back to Cape Canaveral.