On 16 December 2020 the MIST integration lab was re-organized and laid out around a central area with the "Flatsat" (circuit board stack in the middle of the table nearest to the camera) and hardware simulators on one side of a large table and computers for control and programming on the other side. A new... Continue Reading →
Unfortunately we had to make do with a group picture via Zoom for this semester's MIST team in. If we do not count visitors and supervisors there were 29 students present - both students from the fall semester and some that will join the project in January. Names have been blurred except for the project... Continue Reading →
Subject matter of the thesis The NanoProp propulsion system to be flown on the MIST satellite is a cold-gas propulsion system developed by GomSpace AB in Uppsala, Sweden. The purpose of flying it on the MIST student satellite is to develop methods to evaluate the performance of the system – and to provide learning experience... Continue Reading →
A look from the air at the antenna system for the MIST Student satellite. Drone pilot: Alexandru-Camil Muresan. Antenna operator: Sergio Bernabeu Peñalba. Date: 18 November 2020. Clock on the link below to view. https://videopress.com/v/T2DqUdrj?preloadContent=metadata
The box on the left contains the low-noise amplifier (the smaller yellowish box) for receiving signals on UHF (437 MHz) and a filter (larger yellowish box) to eliminate interference from the uplink transmitter, mobile telephones and FM broadcasting stations. The black device is a surge arrestor to provide some protection against lightning. The box on... Continue Reading →
Topias (left in leftmost picture) and Filippo making a fit check with the solar panels and the flight structure. Both made by ISISpace for KTH.
The lattice tower is made in Sweden by Vårgårda radio, the rotator is a AlfaSpid unit made in Poland, the antennas are made by M2 in the U.S.A., the grey boxes contain filter and low-noise amplifiers from Antennas & Amplifiers in Serbia and flexible coax is made aby Messi & Paoloni in Italy. The antenna... Continue Reading →
Thanks Citlali, Filippo, Joan, Sergio! Click on the link below to see video. https://videopress.com/v/GV4DtzxH?preloadContent=metadata
A tube in the center of the lattice tower will be raised to hold the rotator and antennasHere the central mast tube can be seen. The aluminum lattice tower that will form the basis of the antenna installation on the roof of the Alfvén Laboratory was attached to its base on 13 October 2020. Cabling... Continue Reading →
Work in a real space project for two semesters and earn academic credits. Interesting positions open for 2021 APPLY NOW! The MIST project is in a phase where two-semester student assignments provide the best learning opportunity for students and the quickest progress for the project. Students are offered to work for up to 15 credits on challenging... Continue Reading →
