The Ukpik-1 CubeSat Project is scheduled to launch in January 2023 and begin operations in April 2023. The main purpose of the CubeSat project is for Western Engineering students to gain experience in the space domain, working alongside the Nunavut Arctic College (NAC) and the Canadian Space Agency to develop a CubeSat and ground station. This educational opportunity and its learnings will also be extended to other Western students and the STEM outreach program development and delivery, particularly once the ground station is operational. Our future objective is to construct the first ground station for CubeSats at Western University, which will be available to the public, so that others can gain experience and educate themselves about amateur radio operations. A secondary goal will be to operate an immersive virtual reality camera in orbit, with amateur radio users and NAC students having a say in what photos are acquired.

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Project Members

Project Leadership

• Principle Investigator: Dr. Sabarinathan
• Project Manager: Alexis Pascual
• Nunavut Arctic College Partner: Jason Carpenter
• Co-Investigators: Dr. McIsaac, Dr. Osinski

System Leads

• Jin Sia (Thermal and Power)
• Wen Bo (Structural)
• Mackenzie Essington (Electronics and Communications)
• Ruthy Sarah Brito, Alexis Pascual (OBC)
• Hira Nadeem (ADCS)
• Stephen Amey (Custom Boards)
• Nima Abbaszadeh, Steffen Shaigec (Science and Payload)

Team Members

• Solai (Santosh) Solaiyappan
• Delaney Stevens
• Nicole Martensson
• Sara Mohamed
• Sina Driss