PIS IN SPACE!

Duration: 28:23

The number of Raspberry Pis orbiting the earth is about to increase.

Thanks to everyone who helped me make this video, over the past year! I learned a LOT (especially how much I don't know) about CubeSats, Ground Stations, amateur radio for space, and more.

Mentioned in this video:

- SilverSat: https://silversat.org

- Build a CubeSat: https://www.youtube.com/@buildacubesat

- CubeSat TEMPEST: https://ethoslabs.space

- Tim Fowler's CubeSat Collection on Level 2 Jeff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woO0w92YuC0

- Saveitforparts: https://www.youtube.com/@saveitforparts

- RASCube: https://www.robinson-aerospace.com

- MySat: https://www.mysatkit.com

- GASPACS: https://artsci.usu.edu/physics/gas/projects/gaspacs

- Mark Rober's SatGus: https://space.crunchlabs.com

- Astro Pi: https://astro-pi.org

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Contents:

00:00 - Pis in Space!

01:14 - CubeSat 101

04:08 - Engineering challenges

06:48 - MySat

07:47 - RASCube

08:43 - Build a CubeSat

09:16 - CubeSat T.E.M.P.E.S.T.

11:04 - SilverSat

12:27 - Dave and Leticia

15:10 - CubeSat Launch Initiative

17:09 - The mission is just beginning

18:14 - Why Raspberry Pi?

19:49 - Pi security on orbit

21:12 - Radio communications

22:42 - Tracking sats from Earth with saveitforparts

26:16 - What frequency?