Enhancing spaceflight safety with UOS3 cubesat
Aleksander Lidtke·James Bantock·Hugh G. Lewis·R. C. Fear·Robert G. Maunder·Clemens Rumpf·Scott Walker·Alex S. Weddell·Mia Taylor·A.R.L. Tatnall
Earth orbits are becoming increasingly congested. This will not only impact future space operations but also become a concern for the population on the ground; with more spacecraft being flown, more objects will re-enter the atmosphere in an uncontrolled fashion. Parts of these satellites can reach Earth surface and endanger the ground population (e.g. ROSAT or UARS satellites). A student-run project from the University of Southampton aims to build a 1U cubesat (approx. 10 by 10 by 10 cm satelli