All the latest from the WUSAT team
Publicity for WUSAT
Articles about the 2012/13 successful launch were published in local newspapers across the country including the Birmingham Post, Coventry Telegraph and Gloucestershire Echo, as well as online, including on the SolidWorks Teacher Blog, run by one of our generous sponsors.
Spring 2013 Newsletter Online
Our final newsletter from this year's team has been published online here. It describes the launch and the progress the team has made throughout the year. The team has had a very successful year and would like to thank our kind sponsors once more for their help. In October a new team will take over the project and we wish them the best of luck.
Use of Harwin Hi Rel Connectors gains WUSAT Publicity
Published articles featuring our use of Harwin's high reliability Datamate and Gecko connectors on our recently launched CubeSat satellite can be seen at,
Electronics Components World (23/04/13) - http://www.electronicscomponentsworld.com/articleView.aspx?idArticle=72103_4003015202342013
Electronique Magazine (25/04/13) - http://www.electronique-mag.com/article6846.html
Connector Supplier (07/05/13) - http://www.connectorsupplier.com/harwin-datamate-gecko-connectors-in-WUSAT-nano-satellite
Successful presentation yesterday and video online
Yesterday the WUSAT team's assessed presentation went well, concluding the assessed parts of the project following the reports submitted last week. After the presentation, we had a lunch with the sponsors who were able to come and watch the presentation. We'd like to thank Harwin for providing the lunch and National Instruments, ITP Engines (ESATAN-TMS) and Lyncolec for coming along.
You can view a short video we made summarising the launch here.
Recording of the Radio Warwick interview available
Yesterday, two members of WUSAT, Ed Bilson and Nicole Blake, were interviewed live on Radio Warwick. The recording is available here.
Radio interview tomorrow
Two members of the team will be appearing on Radio Warwick tomorrow (24th April) between 4 and 5 for an interview lasting around 10 minutes.
This has also been reported by AMSAT-UK, the amateur radio satellite organisation, here.
WUSAT in newspapers
Articles about the project's successful launch have appeared in local newspapers across the country, including the Birmingham Post, Coventry Telegraph and Gloucestershire Echo. There has also been more articles published online, such as on the university's news feed, in the Boar and by Harwin, one of our generous sponsors.
WUSAT on The Engineer
Following last week's successful launch WUSAT have been featured in an article on The Engineer, an online magazine covering engineering and technology news. Read the article here!
Successful balloon launch yesterday
WUSAT successfully launched and recovered the balloon with prototype CubeSat yesterday. Click here to read more and see a few photos from the launch.