All the latest from the WUSAT team
More publicity for WUSAT
There has been even more publicity for the WUSAT project in media from around the UK. Articles have been featured in regional newspapers around the University and the hometowns of the team members, including the Coventry Telegraph, the Andover Advertiser and the front page of the Stevenage Advertiser. The articles can be viewed by clicking the above links.
The project was also mentioned in an article in the Components in Electronics (CiE) magazine, a well respected industry with good readership. We were mentioned in an article on our sponsor Harwin's Gecko connectors, which will be used in WUSAT - 2 extensively. It can be seen in the digital edition here on pages 24 - 25.
In addition, there are upcoming media events including project director Bill Crofts being interviewed for I-Cov radio that will be featured on this website soon.
Use of Harwin Hi Rel Connectors gains WUSAT Publicity
Published articles featuring our use of Harwin's high reliability Datamate and Gecko connectors on our recently launched CubeSat satellite can be seen at,
Electronics Components World (23/04/13) - http://www.electronicscomponentsworld.com/articleView.aspx?idArticle=72103_4003015202342013
Electronique Magazine (25/04/13) - http://www.electronique-mag.com/article6846.html
Connector Supplier (07/05/13) - http://www.connectorsupplier.com/harwin-datamate-gecko-connectors-in-WUSAT-nano-satellite
Successful presentation yesterday and video online
Yesterday the WUSAT team's assessed presentation went well, concluding the assessed parts of the project following the reports submitted last week. After the presentation, we had a lunch with the sponsors who were able to come and watch the presentation. We'd like to thank Harwin for providing the lunch and National Instruments, ITP Engines (ESATAN-TMS) and Lyncolec for coming along.
You can view a short video we made summarising the launch here.
Successful balloon launch yesterday
WUSAT successfully launched and recovered the balloon with prototype CubeSat yesterday. Click here to read more and see a few photos from the launch.
GoBandit HD video camera kindly donated
GoBandit has kindly donated one of their GPS HD cameras to the project for more complete documentation of the project and in particular launch day. The team plan to utilise this camera on the ground to film the recovery.
Sponsorship with RS
After the completion of the previous ESMO project, with RS Components as a sponsor, WUSAT are pleased to once again be sponsored by RS Components for this exciting new CubeSat project. RS is kindly supporting the project by supplying its high quality products to WUSAT. We are delighted to be working with RS.
Harwin onboard
Today Harwin, manufacturers of high reliability, high performance PCB interconnectors, confirmed their support of the project, including supplying our interconnectors. We look forward to working with them.
Thales and ESATAN-TMS now sponsors
The WUSAT team is happy to welcome new sponsors on board. Thank you to Thales and ITP Engines UK / ESATAN-TMS for supporting the project. More details about these companies can be found on our Sponsors page.
Sponsors and milestone report completed
WUSAT now has two confirmed sponsors, Lyncolec and SolidWorks, who we are looking forward to working with. Their details are listed on the Sponsors page.Recently the team completed a milestone report comprising of the aims of the project and progress so far. Initially efforts focussed on deciding the project's aims, preliminary research and contacting potential sponsors. Now the team are working on establishing the CubeSat prototype specification.