Developing precision instrumentation for space navigation, timing, communication, gravitational science and astrophysics. From CubeSats to Facility Class.
Two @UF@precisionspace contributions to NASA astrophysics missions highlighted by the new @NASA Astrophysics Division director, Mark Clampin, at #AAS241: LISA (@LISACommunity) and the Habitable Worlds Observatory.
(can you spot the UF PSSL logo? in his charts?)
Our recent publication on the results of a multi-year, large sample size UV LED lifetime testing campaign for the @esa / @NASA LISA #GravitationalWave mission was just highlighted in AIP #scilight.
https://t.co/Z0OTY5o1uR
Congrats to the CLICK and BeaverCube teams!
The @precisionspace Lab is looking forward to CLICK-A operations paving the way for CLICK-B/C next year.
@NASAAmes@MITAeroAstro@uflmae
The @NASAAmes / @MIT / @UF CLICK-A CubeSat is now safely on board the International Space Station! Great views from the joint @mit_starlab and @precisionspace team from the Space Coast.
After three years, the PSSL is back at @CalPoly for #CubeSatDW.
@uflmae PhD candidate Danielle Coogan presents her work on clock synchronization and orbit determination using simultaneous GPS and laser crosslink measurements across satellite networks.
CHOMPTT Telemetry
10668 Frames TOTAL uploaded to PSSL DB and SatNOGS DB
https://t.co/MYh3kBrdVQ
https://t.co/zLlyRfnqpp
@precisionspace#CHOMPTT#CubeSat
Thanks NASA STMD for promoting our tech development work with MIT and NASA Ames on laser cross-links for future nano-satellite networks.
@mit_starlab@NASAAmes@NASA_Technology@uflmae
Researchers from @MIT & @UF – in partnership with our Small Spacecraft Technology program – are testing optical communications technology for an upcoming CubeSat demonstration mission, planned to launch aboard @BlueCanyonTech spacecraft in 2023. More: https://t.co/uxShyWyecK
Collaborations across academia, industry, and @NASA are super important for complex space missions, and this collab btw @mit_starlab, @UF@precisionspace , and @NASAAmes is a great example.
Note the PSSL logo right next to the STAR lab logo on the FPGA board!
The Engineering Development Unit (EDU) of CLICK-B/C's payload has been assembled! EDUs are great to check for fitting and matching between components while you still have time to fix mismatches. It's a very educational piece of hardware (pun intended!). #CubeSat#EDU
Gravitational waves are minute ripples in space-time caused by the most energetic events in the universe. NASA is developing a special ultraviolet light source that will help @ESA’s LISA observatory detect gravitational waves with meticulous accuracy: https://t.co/ZYwhQs0hoG
Take a minute to vote for the @aiaa Small Sat Mission of the Year. The PSSL does not have a mission in the running this year but we likely will next year.
Cast your vote for the 2021 #SmallSat Mission of the Year! Voting closes at 11:59 am MT, August 11 and is open to the public. @SmallSat#CubeSat#NanoSat https://t.co/kXSSJoMS16
Congrats to @precisionspace grad student Samantha Parry Kenyon @spacesam1 for expertly defending her PhD thesis today on charge management technology and numerical modeling for LISA!
@LISACommunity@lisa_lecs
We're excited to help study seismic events again, this time on the moon! Dr Panning, the FSS PI, gives an overview of the mission below. We're leveraging MarCO tech to provide computer and communications capabilities. #mxlabs@MichiganAero@um_space@UMengineering
A group of sharks is a shiver; eels are a swarm. A group of black holes? Times readers offered hundreds of suggestions, including "an abyss," "a crunch," "a haunting," "a chasm," "a mosh pit," "a Trump" and "a Congress." https://t.co/s1vD73gqT2
What do you call a collection of black holes? The question has taken on an urgency among astronomers inspired by the recent news of dozens of black holes buzzing around the center of a nearby cluster of stars. https://t.co/95SNGyIiTo
Thanks @JA0CAW !
We have turned #CHOMPTT back on yesterday to perform more science operations in the coming months. Look forward to more beacon packets in the near future.
CHOMPTT is now 2+ years on orbit and still functioning!
#CubeSats#hamradio#hamr