UNSW-EC0 In the News
2018
- Is too late to set up the Space Agency in Australia?, SBS Mandarin, October 1, 2018
- Huge opportunity for space employment in Australia, SBS Mandarin, October 2, 2018
2017
- “Engineering the heck out of this”: rescue of ‘lost’ Australian satellites, Spatial Source, 28 June 2017
- UNSW in thrilling rescue of ‘lost’ Aussie satellites, UNSW Engineering, 26 June 2017
- UNSW satellite alive and well, UNSW Engineering, 22 June 2017
- International Team of Amateur Radio Volunteers Help Recover Stalled Satellites, UNSW Electrical Engineening, 22 June 2017
- Australia's INSPIRE-2 mini cube satellite launched with flat battery, Canberra Times, 22 June 2017
- INSPIRE-2 Ground Controllers Turn to Amateur Radio, Rescue Stalled Satellite, ARRL.org, 19 June 2017
- New Australian UNSW-EC0 satellite deployed into space, Aerospace Technology, 30 May 2017
- High Wired update: call home, The Australian, 26 May 2017
- Australian satellite in orbit, Phys.org, 26 May 2017
- Launch of Aussie satellites could mark a re-entry for space industry, The Australian, 25 May 2017
- A constellation of tiny satellites, ABC Radio National, 4 May 2017
- Australia’s back in the space race, 2UE Radio, 26 April 2017
- Australian space technology skyrockets,PS News, 25 April 2017
- First Australian-built satellites launched in 15 years, Smary Company, 24 April 2017
- These Tiny, Cube-Shaped Satellites Are Launching Australia Back Into Space, Huffington Post, 19 April 2017
- Australia returns to the satellite business with 'cubesats', International Business Times, 19 April 2017
- Aussie satellites blasted into space on research mission, IT Wire, 19 April 2017
- UNSW satellites blast off to explore the thermosphere, UNSW News, 19 April 2017
- UNSW satellites blast off to explore the thermosphere, UNSW Engineering News, 19 April 2017
- 3 Australian satellites launched into space for ISS studies, China.org.cn, 19 April 2017
- Aussie satellite launch inspires space push, Sky News, 19 April 2017
- Three Australian research satellites launched into space from Cape Canaveral, Daily Telegraph, 19 April 2017
- Australia’s back in the satellite business with a new launch, The Conversation, 18 April 2017
- Nano-satellites enable space exploration on a budget, Asian Nikkei Review, 13 April 2017
- Thirty-Eight Smallsats Set for Orbital Assignments from Cygnus and ISS, Sat News Daily, 24 April 2017
- AMSAT Reschedules Fox Series Launches, National Association for Amateur Radio, 28 March 2017
- Atlas V conducts OA-7 Cygnus launch to the ISS, NasaSpaceflight.com, 18 April 2017
- Satellite built by University of Adelaide launched into space by NASA, ABC News, 19 April 2017
- First Aussie-made satellites sent to space in 15 years, 7 News, 19 April 2017
- Interview with Andrew Dempster, Radio Adelaide, 6 April 2017
- 3 Aussie-Made Cubesats Will Hit Space Today, Destined For The ISS, Gizmodo, 25 March 2017
- Space White Paper - live cross to UNSW ACSER, 21 March 2017
- Pocket rocket - SA’s shoebox-sized satellite, The Advertiser, 10 March 2017
- Playback of 2016 ASRC UNSW EC0 presentation audio by Dr Joon Cheong, The Space Show, Southern FM 88.3 (VIC), 1 March 2017
- Space X announce private moon mission, ABC Radio World Today, 28 February 2017
- Nano-satellites thrust Australia back into space, Nikkei Asian Review, 23 February 2017
- Projects of the Future: 4. Out of the Box, Project Manager Magazine, Dec 2016 - Mar 2017 edition (click here for web version, page 13)
2016
- CUBESATS, Catalyst, ABC TV, 18 October 2016 (video & transcript)
- ANU Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre Tests Three Australian QB50 Satellites Developed by Five Australian Universities, International Aeronautical Foundation Newsletter, September 2016
- 新南大学（UNSW）这是要上天吗？！没错，这次就是要上天，太牛逼了......., 12 August 2016 (Chinese language) (English Translation via Google)
- 50 CubeSat per la termosfera, Agenzia Spaziale Italian News, 10 August 2016 (Italian language)
- Australia launching into space again, University of Sydney News, 10 August 2016
- Swarm of satellites to explore Earth’s shield from International Space Station, SCIENMAG Science Magazine, 9 August 2016
- Australian know-how used to design 'planetary probes' to explore Earth's thermosphere, Sydney Morning Herald, 9 August 2016
- We're off to space, UNSW TV (produced in partnership with Fairfax Media), 9 August 2016
- Australian mini-satellites to explore Earth's thermosphere; 3 Australian universities to make history, International Business Times, 9 August 2016
- Aussie university takes part in largest ever study into volatile thermosphere, SBS News, 9 August 2016
- Australian '$1m lunch box' satellites to search thermosphere for answers, The Guardian, 9 August 2016
- Interview with Prof Andrew Dempster, ABC News 24, 9 August 2016
- Australian 'mini-satellites' to study Earth's thermosphere in global research project, ABC News Online, 9 August 2016
- Australian satellites will launch from the ISS in December, PC Authority, 9 August 2016
- Interview with Prof Andrew Dempster, ABC702 'Breakfast with Robbie Buck', 9 August 2016
- Aussie satellites to launch from International Space Station, UNSW Newsroom, 8 August 2016
- Satellite built by Adelaide University researchers part of Australia's return to space, ABC News, 31 July 2016
- Interview with Prof Andrew Dempster, 2SER 107.3 'Saturday Breakfast', 2 July 2016 (timestamp 21:00 - 26:30)
- Let’s talk about the space industry in Australia’s election campaign, The Conversation, 28 June 2016
- 10x10 cm CubeSats to explore space, SBS News, 25 June 2016 (Russian language)
- Mini cube satellites tested for space at Australian-first facility in Canberra, Sydney Morning Herald, 14 June 2016
- CubeSat satellite testing takes off at Mount Stromlo, ANU Newsroom, 14 June 2016
- The Stromlo space simulator fires up, Canberra CityNews, 14 June 2016
- One Small Step, UNSW Engineers, Winter 2016 (page 9)
- One small step for UNSW, one giant leap towards Australia’s space future, UNSW Engineering News, 19 April 2016
For general ACSER news items in 2015 and earlier please click here.
UNSW-EC0 CUBESAT INFORMATION
UNSW-EC0 re-entered the atmosphere
on December 3rd 2018.
Comms were established with UNSW-EC0
on June 18th 2017.
See beacon and callsign information on the UNSW-EC0 Live Tracking page and official QB50 UNSW-EC0 page
Deployment from the ISS occurred
on May 26th 2017.
The UNSW-EC0 cubesat was launched from Cape Canaveral on April 19th 2017
at approximately 1:11am Sydney time
Last updated June 28, 2017
Want to know more about the UNSW-EC0 cubesat project? Click here!
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Contact the UNSW EC-0 QB50 Team:
Project Leader:
Dr Elias Aboutanios
+61 2 9385 5010
Project Manager:
A/Prof Barnaby Osborne
Technical Lead:
Dr Joon Wayn Cheong
Academic Advisor:
Prof Andrew Dempster
Administration & Finance:
Cheryl Brown
The Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research
Engineering
UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
Email acser@unsw.edu.au
Telephone +61 2 9385 6890
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Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research
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