Take a look at the Communications Team's setup to receive radio signals!
Let's Communicate
Our orbital analysis specialist, Dawson, created this plot to demonstrate how many minutes a day our team will be able to communicate with our satellite depending on our inclination angle. Inclination angle is the angle our CubeSat will be launched relative to the equator (which is 0 degrees). Our team is looking to launch our satellite in order to get the most communication time - so, our ideal launch angle is around 45 degrees.
NEUDOSE Feature on the Faculty of Engineering Website
The McMaster Faculty of Engineering is featuring us on their home page! Check it out here: http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/
A Spotlight on McMaster NEUDOSE
McMaster Daily News has written an article about our project! Check out the article here: http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/article/mcmaster-students-building-satellite-to-study-space-radiation/
Analyzing Strength
This is a photo of the possible mechanical structure of our NEUDOSE CubeSat completed by our Mechanical Structure Team. In this photo, a force of 10Gs is being applied, where 1 G is equivalent to the force of gravity at Earth's surface (or 9.8 m/s^2). The scale represents the displacement of the structure or how much the structure will bend/move due to the 10G force. Many simulations and studies like these must be done to find an ideal structure which we can then model and test in real life.
A Big Thank You!
We'd like to thank everyone that came out to the System Requirements Review last night! It was a really great time and I'm sure we all learned a lot. If you missed it, the entire presentation can be viewed here: http://livestream.com/accounts/14220683/events/4182217
System Requirements Review Today!
Today is the day! Our System Requirements Review will be at 5:30 in MDCL 1309. If you can't make it, stay tuned for a link to the LiveStream! Hope to see you soon!
System Requirements Review
To learn more about the NEUDOSE mission and more, come out to our System Requirements Review this week!
Working Hard!
NEUDOSE is working hard for the System Requirements Review, but Greg shows that we're also having a great time! Hope to see you all on the big day! RSVP here!
Practicing Science Collaboration
NEUDOSE is working hard! Not only do we learn from Dr. Hanu, we also learn from each other! Here we have Jimmy and Mitchell outlining mass and volume requirements for different subsystems of the satellite.