Engineering:HuskySat-1

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Short description: Artificial satellite
Johnson Hall at University of Washington, Seattle, where HuskySat-1 was designed and controlled

HuskySat-1 is an artificial satellite designed at the University of Washington. It was launched by Cygnus NG-12 from Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Launch Pad 0 on Wallops Island, Virginia to low earth orbit on November 2, 2019. It is a CubeSat, and will demonstrate onboard plasma propulsion and high gain telemetry for low Earth orbit that would be a precursor for an attempt at a larger CubeSat designed for orbital insertion at the Moon.[1]

The satellite was designed by Husky Satellite Lab, a registered student group, in Johnson Hall, and was controlled from there using three antennae installed on the roof.[2][3]

A pulsed plasma thruster (PPT) provides propulsion.[4] It is the first PPT to use sulfur as a fuel.[2]

Students at Raisbeck Aviation High School designed an onboard camera.[5][4]

The satellite will test an experimental 24 GHz data transmitter, after which it will become an amateur radio satellite operated by AMSAT.[6] The high data rate will enable much more data to be transferred during the 9- to 15-minute time windows the satellite is visible from the control station.[2]

HuskySat is the first satellite designed by students in Washington state.[5]

The satellite decayed from orbit on 12 April 2023.[7]

The slant in the waterfall is due to the Doppler shift of the signal as its elevation decreases at the end of its pass.

File:2020-03-31 2030z HuskySat-1 TLM.wav

References

  1. ↑ Shanessa Jackson (February 17, 2017). "NASA Announces Eighth Class of Candidates for Launch of CubeSat Space Missions". https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-announces-eighth-class-of-candidates-for-launch-of-cubesat-space-missions. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matthew Hipolito (November 1, 2019). "UW blasts into space: Washington's first student-built satellite to be launched this Saturday". The Daily of the University of Washington. http://www.dailyuw.com/news/article_79f0b592-fc47-11e9-9bac-036aaac78bc2.html. 
  3. ↑ Hannah Hickey (October 31, 2019). "Washington's first student-built satellite preparing for launch". University of Washington. https://www.washington.edu/news/2019/10/31/washingtons-first-student-built-satellite-preparing-for-launch/. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Boyle, Alan (November 2, 2019). "Cygnus cargo ship heads to space station with satellite built by students in Seattle". https://www.geekwire.com/2019/space-station-huskysat-cygnus/. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Oxley, Dyer (October 31, 2019). "Washington students to make satellite history with HuskySat-1". KOMO News. https://komonews.com/news/local/washington-students-to-make-satellite-history-with-huskysat-1. 
  6. ↑ "HuskySat-1 Successfully Lifted into Space". American Radio Relay League (ARRL). November 4, 2019. http://www.arrl.org/news/huskysat-1-successfully-lifted-into-space. 
  7. ↑ "HUSKYSAT-1". N2YO.com. 12 Apr 2023. https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=45119. 

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