We are pleased to announce the opening of registration for 2nd CubeSat Workshop student, to be held on 6 and 7 July at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris. The first edition in 2016 was a great success, and we wished to…
Hana Benhizia is hired as project manager
Hana Benhizia is recruited by Labex UnivEarthS as project manager on the IGOSat student nanosatellite project, starting October 1, 2016. She joins Hubert Halloin team in the APC laboratory and succeeds Marco Agnan, to whom we wish a good continuation.…
Publication of “Achieving Science with CubeSats: Thinking Inside the Box”
The National Academy Press has published the book “Achieving Science with CubeSats: Thinking Inside the Box”. This book, a veritable mine of information for all the people working on the CubeSats, is downloadable free on their site. You can read…
IGOSat enters phase C !
The IGOSAT Preliminary Definition Review was held on June 8, 2016 at the Paris Diderot University and now allows the project to officially enter phase C of its development. As a reminder, the objective of the review was to present…
Review of the 1st Cubesat Student Workshop
Paris Diderot highlights the IGOSAT project
The Paris Diderot University devotes a series of reports to the IGOSAT project. Presentation of the project, interview of supervisors and students, you will be able to learn more about the nano-satellite thanks to the newsletter of the university and…
First team meeting of 2016 !
The first meeting of 2016 occurred last week, gathering 12 students to discuss about the 2016 activities about IGOSat. Welcome everybody !
Creation of the radio club UnivEarthS
Communicating with a satellite in orbit around the Earth is simple … on paper. In practice, it is important to prepare well in advance, and of course to get all the necessary authorizations. In order to ensure optimum use of…
Installation of the Ground Station at University Paris Diderot
This summer was marked by the installation of the ground station of the IGOSat project, on the roof of the building where the work room is located. The student Pierre Vermot (from the Bachelor of Physics at the University) has…
First IGOSat Mechanical Tests
The first vibration tests on a model of the IGOSat satellite were carried out in August 2015 at the Integration and Testing Platform of the Observatory of Versailles Saint Quentin. The main objective for us was to discover the procedures…