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{{Project||created=10/10/2011|status=Awaiting Launch|members=[[User:Flux|Flux]], [[User:Datagramm|Samuel]]}}
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[[File:Hacksat-devboard-hand.jpeg|thumb|right|Dev board for HackSat One]]
 
[[File:Hacksat-devboard-hand.jpeg|thumb|right|Dev board for HackSat One]]
 
[[File:Radio-testing-at-london-hackspace.jpeg|thumb|right|Radio testing with Samuel]]
 
[[File:Radio-testing-at-london-hackspace.jpeg|thumb|right|Radio testing with Samuel]]
HackSat One is a tiny [https://flux.org.uk/projects/hacksat/hardware.html satellite sprite], launching as part of the [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zacinaction/kicksat-your-personal-spacecraft-in-space KickSat swarm]. The sprite is powered by its own solar panel and is capable of broadcasting signals back to Earth. The launch is scheduled for 16th March 2014 as part of a NASA mission to resupply the International Space Station. There is a related project to build [[Project:Hackney Space Centre|Hackney Space Centre]]. For the latest information see the [[Mailing List|mailing list]].
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HackSat One is a tiny [https://flux.org.uk/projects/hacksat/hardware.html satellite sprite], launching as part of the [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zacinaction/kicksat-your-personal-spacecraft-in-space KickSat swarm]. The sprite is powered by its own solar panel and is capable of broadcasting signals back to Earth. It launched on 18th April 2014 as part of a NASA mission to resupply the International Space Station. Due to issues with deployment (see mission update, below) the mission failed. There is a related project to build [[Project:Hackney Space Centre|Hackney Space Centre]]. For the latest information see the [[Mailing List|mailing list]].
  
 
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=== Software ===
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=== Mission Update: 14 May 2014 ===
HackSat broadcasts a simple set of data including...
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I'm sad to report that HackSat will not be stretching its solar panels
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after all. HackSat likely re-entered overnight whilst still inside
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KickSat.
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HackSat launched on 18th April inside the KickSat satellite. KickSat
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started out in an orbit of 299 by 331 Kilometers at an inclination of
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51.65 degrees. This is a low orbit and subject to a significant amount
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of drag.
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Sixteen days after launch, KickSat was due to deploy HackSat and its
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other satellite sprites. The delay was required by Nasa to avoid
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interfering with ISS operations. This meant HackSat would have began
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orbiting on 4th May.
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On 30th April the watchdog microcontroller that runs the KickSat timer
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reset, probably due to a cosmic ray. This pushed the deployment of
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HackSat out to 16th May. Attempts to manually deploy HackSat via the
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uplink failed: the KickSat batteries never reached a high enough
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voltage to enable the uplink receiver.
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Since launch signals from KickSat have been regularly received by
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ground stations around the world. Recent orbital predictions suggested
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that re-entry was likely 13-14th May. No stations have reported
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hearing KickSat overnight, so it seems very likely it has already
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re-entered.
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- [[User:Flux|Flux]] ([[User talk:Flux|talk]]) 09:40, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
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=== Schedule ===
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After several launch delays, KickSat is now in low Earth orbit.
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HackSat and the other sprites will be deploying ~ 20:00 UTC on 4th May.
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Our satellite is contained with the bigger KickSat. 128 sprites are loaded into it. It has the names of contributors engraved on it, including "London Hackspace". You can see a [http://zacinaction.github.io/kicksat/engraving_photos/KickSat_minusY_Zoom2.jpg photo of the actual KickSat], complete with our engraving (we're on the bottom row, 4th from the right).
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=== Software Payload ===
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HackSat broadcasts a simple set of data on temperature, magnetic field and angular velocity. It will also broadcast the HackSpace URL: http://hack.rs
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If you're interested in trying to receive the signal from HackSat (and
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the other KickSat sprites) yourself see [https://github.com/zacinaction/kicksat/wiki/Setting-Up-A-Ground-Station setting up a ground station].
  
 
=== Hardware ===
 
=== Hardware ===

Latest revision as of 09:41, 14 May 2014