UMsat CubeSat
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Student-built CubeSat developed through UMass Amherst's UMsat program for Earth imaging and remote-sensing missions.
Technical specifications
- Form factor
- 1U (10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm modular unit)
- Program
- UMsat, founded 2007
- Mission focus
- Earth imaging, remote sensing, climate data downlink
- Developer
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Riccio College of Engineering
About
UMsat is the CubeSat initiative of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, founded in 2007 by undergraduate students within the Riccio College of Engineering. The program provides an end-to-end platform for students to research, design, build, test, and launch pico-satellites, following the standard modular CubeSat form factor of stackable 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm units. Mission objectives center on Earth imaging, remote sensing, and downlink of climate-relevant data, while giving students direct systems-engineering and mission-operations experience across the full spacecraft lifecycle.
Documentation
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