Brown Space Engineering

EQUiSat recently flashed over two separate periods! The first began yesterday at ~3:30pm UTC, and the second at ~12:55pm UTC today, just before if flew over our station at . We're now working on setting up EQUiSat to flash at a predetermined time; stay tuned for updates!

We just finished all the parts of our first PVDX chassis prototype! The modular design makes it easy to manufacture and assemble, and will simplify accessing the internals of the assembled satellite.

A big thanks to James Darpinian for adding EQUiSat to his satellite-viewing app, https://james.darpinian.com/satellites. Check it out, the "see where it will appear in your sky" feature using Google street view is super useful! https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/?special=equisat

See A Satellite Tonight Find out how to see satellites in the night sky, no telescope required.

We just submitted a proposal to NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative to receive a launch for our next satellite: the Planetary Visuals and Dynamics eXperiment (PVDX). Anyone will be able to control PVDX's robotic arm, camera, and display and get back images. Stay tuned for more info!

Today marks the first anniversary of EQUiSat's deployment from the ISS. Here are some statistics showing just how ~stellar~ its performance has been!