SunSat

16/05/2023

🛠️ Our Structures team is on the go!

08/05/2023

🎬 Exciting Behind-the-Scenes: Witness the assembling of 3D Printers!

27/04/2023

Exciting news! ✨ SunSat CubeSat mission is back in action and our team is excited to announce the launch of our CubeSat project, which will be taking off this summer with a scientific experiment onboard. Join us on this exciting mission! 🚀

This year, SunSat is focused on an exciting mission to design, develop, and launch a 2U CubeSat platform with a scientific experiment on board. At SunSat, we have two sub-teams, namely avionics and structures, who are working together to make this project a reality. 🛰

The CubeSat will be launched this summer via a high-altitude balloon in collaboration with Sent Into Space, a Sheffield-based company, and will carry a payload designed to measure temperature, pressure, and air quality in terms of CO2 content. By gathering data on how the quality of air and its composition changes with altitude, we hope to gain valuable insights into our planet's atmosphere and the impact of human activities on it. 💧

In addition to its scientific objectives, the CubeSat will also demonstrate Earth observation capability. 🌍 Our team is working hard to design a modular CubeSat platform that can be adapted to a range of experimental payloads, including one unit of the CubeSat which will be used for an experiment developed by an external team. We are ensuring that the CubeSat is lightweight and cost-effective, while also being able to withstand the rigours of space. To enable the recovery of the CubeSat after its mission is complete, we’ll use a recovery system provided by our partner.

What is a CubeSat? 📡
CubeSats are a rapidly growing field of miniaturised satellite technology which offers a unique opportunity to develop and test space technologies with limited resources. These small satellites are typically made of one or more units, with each weighing no more than 1.33 kilograms and measuring about 10 cubic centimetres in size, making them easier to launch and deploy than traditional satellites.

More about Sent Into Space: https://lnkd.in/eP8tG27G

24/11/2021

SunSat originated as a CubeSat project. But what is a CubeSat?
CubeSats are a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites, built to standardised dimensions. This is increasingly interesting to the space sector as standardisation reduces design and satellite deployer complexity and will eventually decrease the price of getting to space. It is also promising cheaper and easier travel due to their small and compact nature, with the smallest CubeSat being approximately the size of a Rubik’s cube! This is helping SunSat’s goal of making space accessible to everyone.
We are excited to eventually launch our own CubeSat in the upcoming years and join the mission to continually push the boundaries of space travel.

16/11/2021

We are pleased to announce we’re going to the Spaceport America Cup! This is the world’s largest Intercollegiate Rocketry Engineering Contest (IREC), bringing together the brightest minds from over 150 universities across the globe. We are excited to collaborate and compete alongside SunrIde at the 2022 Space America Cup in New Mexico to launch a CubeSat. Testing our payloads on their rockets is the next step in our journey to keeping Sheffield in space. Big thanks to SunrIde for their help and support, we are looking forward to working side by side for the upcoming year.


SunrIde The University of Sheffield

03/11/2021

Get to know our Avionics Team for 2021! Each member has written a short introduction to themselves and their roles on the project:

Aappteshaa Annauth: I am Aappteshaa, the lead for the Avionics team, and also the Sensor Engineer. I am currently studying Electronics and Computer Engineering. I joined the SunSat team because it has been a dream of mine since a very young age to study about space exploration and to work with payloads and rockets. Being part of the SunSat team helps building my passion and love for space exploration and learn about so many amazing details.

Man Huen Lum: I am Steve, EEE program and I am working on PCB design in SunSat team

Meng Wang: I am an Electrical Engineering student working on downlink communications

Georgia Morris: Hello! I am doing aerospace and I am working on communications, i joined Sunsat to gain experience and confidence in avionics

Anielka Borowczyk : Hi! My name is Anielka and I am a 2nd year Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science student. I chose this project as my extracurricular activity because space exploration is something I want to do in the future, after pursuing my degree. What is more, I have already participated in CanSat competition last year, so that seemed like a perfect opportunity to develop my skills even more!

03/11/2021

Oliver Young: Mechanical Subteam Leader – Coming back from remote working, the team and I will be working hard to assemble the satellite structures to accommodate the electronics while ensuring integrity during operation.

Alexandre Santos: Structural Engineer – Assembling and testing the 2.5U design I worked on last year while refining and updating the structure to fit in different rockets.

Hazel Larkin: Mechanical Engineer – Designing and manufacturing the parachute deployment system for use on the 2.5U launch.

Brendan Raistrick: Modelling – Designing, refining and testing of the systems will all require vigorous modelling including FEA, modal analysis and CFD.

Jenna Sacks: Structural Engineer – Assembling the 1U structure while ensuring the designs are manufacturable with the tools and resources available

Ananyveer Bakshi: Structural Engineer – Designing the smaller 1U structure that is compatible with the ambitious HELEN rocket.

12/10/2021

Do you want to develop your engineering skills and have the opportunity to travel and showcase your work?

Project SunSat is a student-led satellite development team enabling scientific experiments and data measurements in high altitude conditions. We are looking for experienced 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year STEM students with a keen interest in electronics, programming and embedded systems to join us on our Avionics Sub-Team this academic year! This will include an opportunity to take over as Avionics Team Leader, putting you straight onto our Management team.

There are only a few days left to apply!

Please apply via our Google form:

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