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LASER Satellite Recovery - an idea of restarting non-cooperating satellites in orbit via overloading the solar arrays and a "LASER Broom" as a potential solution to a space debris problem - a power of photon pressure and satellite surface ablation induced to precisely clean up unwanted orbital elements. Now, thanks to a low cost NewSpace technologies, a 1U technology demonstration satellite LASARSat organized by a group of talented Czech students, finalists and winners of the Conrad Challenge 2024, will test these ideas for the very first time on a real CubeSat in space!

SkyFox Labs developed and delivered full Sensor Board suite with a customized ENIG/Gold-plated Ion Planar Langmuir Probe (Z+ mount) to detect the in-situ plasma environment changes, with -5V DC negative bias and up to 250 GOhm impedance measurement range. Photoemission induced by the Sun will be detected using embedded planar photodiode in the same geometrical plane.

To monitor changes in naturally induced angular rates induced via external forces (LASER photon beam pressure and/or LASER ablation) a 3-axis MEMS Gyroscope with +/- 250 dps resolution is utilized. A low power 3-axis AMR Magnetometer with 50nT RMS resolution is employed to further study fine angular rate differences in time domain. For in-orbit angular rate measurement verification, a set of 2 Magnetorquer Rods in X and Y axes are embedded to the Sensor Board, to force the platform to rotate or slow down the spin. A Digital CubeSat Dosimeter in a non-magnetic housing modification provides additional radiation shielding to the magnetometer and gyroscope sensors and will measure the in-situ radiation background to further study the solar pressure influence on the orbital parameters degradation on top of slow ion plasma fluence. Where Gyroscope data and Magnetometer angular rate derivatives are so slow to find a proof of the LASER irradiation effects, the onboard GPS Receiver with Active 25x25 mm GPS Patch Antenna will measure the satellite position, velocity and time to further study the orbital path. The piNAV-NG CubeSat GPS Receiver with DROP (Dead Reckoning Orbital Propagator) NMEA output is modified for data reduction in order to obtain the maximum data yield. With a 1U CubeSat Platform provided by Spacemanic, the Sensor Board telemetry and measurement core communicates via Base64 "compressed" sentences. A single byte command is utilized to control the whole Sensor Board functionalities for a maximum simplicity - Modes of measurements (GPS, MTQ, Langmuir Probe - On/Off), Langmuir Probe gains (x1, x10) and a sampling rate (0.1 Hz, 0.4 Hz, 1 Hz, 4 Hz). Three customized Coaxial Cables for the RF (GPS Signal), Photoemission Sensor and Langmuir Probe guard potential and electrode signal were manufactured and delivered as well.

Special Thanks to Project Organizers and Partners: LASAR Crew, Spacemanic, Planetum - Prague Observatory and Planetarium, HiLASE Centre, Czech Aerospace Research Centre (VZLU), FZU - Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, CRYTUR, SQS Vlaknova optika, OptiCE Photonics, TTS, Mír Theatre - Ostrava, Technical Museum in Brno, Vorkloster brewery and many others!

SkyFox Labs were awarded to extend the delivery of flight hardware on ATMOS Space Cargo's first Phoenix demonstrator. A common development of the "Flight Data Recorder" where we delivered an auxiliary backup GNSS system with Antenna and customized LoRa Antenna module to transmit low datarate emergency signal. This system will be a part of flight recovery and emergency localization beacon in case the primary structure looses the ability to contact the ground segment during recovery operations.

Moreover, two piPATCH-MAX/FM antenna modules were delivered to provide the onboard "ADS-B Out" transmitter with a GNSS signal during the descent for Air Traffic Control (ATC) purposes in the low altitude airspace.

ATMOS Space Cargo, a European company located in southern Germany, offers unique platforms-as-a-service for microgravity environment demanding customers. ATMOS designs and manufactures space capsules to operate and return payloads, from currently around 100 kg to possibly multiple tons in the near future, from space. For these missions, lasting from 3 hours to 3 months, ATMOS offers the full end-to-end service from launch integration, in-orbit operation, to reentry and payload recovery.

To monitor the in-situ environment of its first Phoenix demonstrator and provide its location, we delivered a full stack of GNSS systems (GPS receivers, GPS antennas, PC/104+ Adapter Boards and Evaluation kits) and dosimeter piDOSE-DCD Digital CubeSat Dosimeter.

SpaceDOTS® (Space Dimensionally Optimized Technology Satellites Ltd.) reduces the time-to-market with Barnacle DOT, the first turnkey service for direct orbital testing of space materials. Intended for advanced materials suppliers who struggle to qualify their materials for space applications.

piDOSE-DCD Digital CubeSat Dosimeter will be a part of the DOT sensor suite during the upcoming mission.

Digital CubeSat Camera with dedicated Evaluation Kit piCAM/FM, piCAM/EK

As a part of Canadian Satellite Design Challenge (CSDC) the UMSATS team won the challenge and was accepted for the flight with the TSAT 6 CubeSat project.

Multiple piCAM/FM, piCAM/EM and piCAM/EK units

Space Forge is transforming return from space to enable revolutionary products, for the benefit of humanity. We manufacture new materials for a new Earth age.

piCAM/EM and piCAM/EK

PolyOrbite is a student society from Polytechnique Montréal specialized in the field of space technologies. PolyOrbite's CubeSat team is currently participating in the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge with the aim of launching into orbit a 3U CubeSat whose main mission is called Selfie-Sat. Once the nanosatellite will be in orbit, this mission will allow Amateur Radio Operators from all around the world to “take a selfie” from space using the on-board piCAM.

Digital CubeSat Camera/(Flight Model) (piCAM-FM) for the CTS-Sat-1 mission. This first satellite is the maiden voyage for the team as well as the first University of Calgary student-built satellite to be launched in the history of the city. Join us as we work towards launching #CalgaryToSpace via https://www.calgarytospace.ca

piDOSE-DCD CubeSat Geiger Counter for the AggieSat6 mission, developed at AggieSat Laboratory, part of Texas A&M University

The primary mission of AggieSat6 (AGS6) is to demonstrate the functionality of a space-based radiofrequency array device for the Space Domain Awareness (SDA) application of satellite position and orbit determination.

The secondary mission is to sample the low-energy electron radiation enviroment on Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to enhance existing radiation models. Credtis: https://aggiesat.tamu.edu/projects/ags6/

GPS Patch Antenna Modules and Customized RF Harnesses

GPS Patch Antenna Modules and Customized RF Harnesses

ESA PROBA-V Companion CubeSat Mission

GPS Patch Antenna Modules and Customized RF Harnesses

The Virginia CubeSat Constellation (VCC) mission aims to fly a constellation of three 1U CubeSats in LEO. Funded by NASA through the USIP Program (USIP-15), the mission is a collaboration of Old Dominion University, Virginia Tech, University of Virginia and Hampton University, and is being led by the Virginia Space Grant Consortium. The objectives of the VCC mission are to: 1) Provide a hands-on, student-led flight project experience for undergraduate students by designing, developing, integrating, testing and flying an orbital constellation of three 1U CubeSats, 2) Obtain measurements of the orbital decay of a constellation of satellites to develop a database of atmospheric drag and the variability of atmospheric properties, and 3) Evaluate and demonstrate a system to determine and communicate relative and absolute spacecraft position across an orbiting constellation.

miniPATCH-L1 / Flight Model

Phoenix is a 3U CubeSat developed by an undergraduate student team at Arizona State University as part of the NASA USIP Program. An infrared camera will be installed in the spacecraft which will take thermal images of US cities to study the Urban Heat Island Effect and determine methods for making urban areas more sustainable.

piNAV-NG GPS L1 receiver

Customized CubeSat GPS Antenna

PocketQube-sized GPS L1 Receiver, https://upsat.gr/

piNAV-L1 / Engineering Model including Evaluation Kit

GPS L1 Receiver, http://spacedatacenter.at/pegasus/

7th Czech Scientific satellite, 1U S/C, complete bus development, assembly, AIT, operations

http://lucky7satellite.org