Session
Technical Poster Session I
Location
Utah State University, Logan, UT
Abstract
The PocketQube Standard (5cm cube) is a quickly advancing technology branch which can trace it origins back to the CubeSat standard. The community has grown from a handful of builders to in excess of 25 with most of the developments coming from Europe. Alba has pioneered standardized deployers called AlbaPods, capable of launching 6p and 96p worth of up mass. 9 PocketQubes are scheduled to launch in 2019 on two separate Alba Launch Clusters, offering the community an outlet to get to orbit regularly for the first time. In addition, Alba has developed the most advanced PocketQube in its class, Unicorn-2. Unicorn-2 can generate 20 watt peak, 10-15w OAP, 200kb/s downlink and 5 degrees pointing on a full ADCS.
The Age of Advancing PocketQube Technology
Utah State University, Logan, UT
The PocketQube Standard (5cm cube) is a quickly advancing technology branch which can trace it origins back to the CubeSat standard. The community has grown from a handful of builders to in excess of 25 with most of the developments coming from Europe. Alba has pioneered standardized deployers called AlbaPods, capable of launching 6p and 96p worth of up mass. 9 PocketQubes are scheduled to launch in 2019 on two separate Alba Launch Clusters, offering the community an outlet to get to orbit regularly for the first time. In addition, Alba has developed the most advanced PocketQube in its class, Unicorn-2. Unicorn-2 can generate 20 watt peak, 10-15w OAP, 200kb/s downlink and 5 degrees pointing on a full ADCS.
