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WUSAT-3 2017-18 Team

2017-18 WUSAT-3 Team (Pictured Right)

Standing (L_R)

  • Prof. Julia Hunter-Anderson (Systems Director)
  • Oli Vavasour (PhD Elec)
  • Sean Perry (PhD Mech)
  • Ben Taylor (Mech)
  • Ben Olsen (Mech)
  • Sam Croote (Elec)
  • Dr Bill Crofts (Director)

Seated (L-R)

  • Tony Hogan (Manuf & Mech)
  • Sophie Clarke (Elec)
  • Sam Tucker Harvey (PhD Mech)
  • Naomi Dobson (Systems)
  • Marina Shcherbakova (Systems)

2017-18 Overview

The 2017-18 team continued to make significant progress in most areas of development for this stage of WUSAT-3. This included,

  • A 3rd Yr Project student carrying out an assessment of PCB materials for potential use as deployable antenna arms that would provide structure and electrical connection resources within the same material. ReportLink opens in a new window. (Ellen Daly see 2018-19 WUSAT Team)
  • Further development on
    • ADCS design
    • RF Comms and Data Handling
    • Product Assurance
    • Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA)

Attendance at ESA's '2017 Concurrent Engineering ChallengeLink opens in a new window'

Attendance at ESA's 2017 Symposium for Space Educational ActivitiesLink opens in a new window

Ben Taylor working on prototype reaction wheel design.

Naomi Dobson at ESA

ESA Concurrent Engineering Course

ESA SSEA Budapest

2017-18 WUSAT-3 Team with poster presentation.

Symposium Paper available here.....

Development of a Wildlife Tracking Satellite for International Space Station DeploymentLink opens in a new window

More ESA SSEA Budapest Images can be seen on the 2017-18 Gallery page.

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