DIY Satellites

it’s only rocket science..

The current state of the art in ‘home made’ satellites

1. Background Info

But…why?

Celestrak viewer showing satellites @ 2021-04-30T12:26Z

1. Background info

History & sizes:Getting bigger..

‘57 Sputnik-1 ‘81 Intelsat-V ‘11 KA-SAT

1. Background info

History & sizes:Getting smaller..

‘98 CNES programs ‘05 ESA programs ‘99 CubeSat ‘09 PocketQube

1. Background info

Cost to reach space

KA-SAT ~$350m(total) FC-1 ~$100k+$100k $50SAT ~$250+??

2. AMSAT

AMSAT (US) AMSAT-UK AMSAT-NL
AMSAT-BR AMSAT-SA JAMSAT (JP)

3. FUNcube missions

FC 1->6

FC-1 QSL card RX Dongles Dashboard

3. FUNcube missions

FUNcube Next: OBC proposal..

4. Internet data

SatNOGS

4. Internet data

FUNcube warehouse

4. Internet data

TLE (Gpredict)

4. Internet data

Opportunities (Polaris)

5. FOSS Projects

Things to dive into!

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