SunSat

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.

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.

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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