AmbaSat in Education – STEM Course
Students from The Mosslands School complete the AmbaSat “Build Your Own Space Satellite” Course Not even the sky is the limit for thirty lucky students at The Mosslands School, Wirral. A week-long ‘Space’ programme started with an intensive day-long lesson with AmbaSat’s “Build Your Own Space Satellite” course, culminating in a Friday High Altitude Balloon […]
AmbaSat at Space-comm Farnborough, London. July 2021
A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by to say hello at the AmbaSat exhibition stand at Space-comm, Farnborough on the 7th-8th July 2021. It was fantastic to meet and chat with so many enthusiastic AmbaSat supporters over the two show days. An unbelievably busy two days and apologies that we didn’t get chance […]
New AmbaSat Kits NOW IN STOCK!
It’s been a long few months wait but we’re pleased to announce that starting today, May 29th we now have a limited stock of the new AmbaSat Space Satellite Kits. You’ve probably seen the news about the problems faced by Apple/Tesla/Samsung etc and the worldwide shortage of ‘chips’. If you haven’t, then check out the […]
Villanova CubeSat Club Makes First AmbaSat High Altitude Balloon (HAB) Flight
Congratulations to The Villanova CubeSat Club on their recent first ever high-altitude balloon (HAB) launch! The project featured an AmbaSat-1 Satellite with a BME-680 pressure, temperature, and humidity sensor onboard. Faculty advisor Dr. Alan Johnston says:“AmbaSat has been a great project for the students so far. The Villanova CubeSat Club backed the project on Kickstarter […]
Meet the new C4DI members taking their business to new heights!
Technology and environmental specialists AmbaSat have joined the C4DI community with a mission to give every individual, student, engineer and explorer the opportunity to build and launch their very own satellite into space. AmbaSat co-founders Martin Platt and Marcel Houtveen have worked together in a range of industries and have now come together to apply […]
Backer Update March 2021
Dear all, We’re pleased to announce that 95% of kits have now shipped. If you have not received your kit yet, then: a) You may be part of the GPS sensor group. If this is the case, please expect an update later this month. The prototypes we had made have failed. We think it’s due […]
AmbaSat-1 Deployer #001 Delivered
This week we received the first of three AmbaSat-1 Deployer modules. Many thanks to our local firm Prest Engineering for the excellent work in laser-cutting and fabricating these engineering marvels. AmbaSat-1 Deployer 001 is destined for thermal, vibration and P-POD testing. Deployers 002 & 003 will be used for educational and demonstration events and shows. […]
BBC Radio York AmbaSat interview
Great interview on BBC Radio York with Beth McCarthy and Richard Osborne talking about AmbaSat, Mars and staking a Yorkshire claim on the moon for AmbaSat’s 2024 moon mission. #yorkshireonthemoon Thanks to Beth for having us on the show and also to Richard, Daniel and the team at AstroAgency for pulling out the stops with […]
Tago Custom Dashboard by Fredric Raab
AmbaSat-1 backer Fredric Raab uses Tago.io to create his custom Dashboard. Raab says that Tago.io also stores the data for 30 days and enables you to download data as a CSV file. “If you have an AmbaSat and a TTN (The Things Network) gateway, you can view raw, encrypted data as it is received using the Gateway tab […]
“My First Steps into Space”
This post is part of a series where we highlight articles, presentations, YouTube videos and other web mentions which discuss or reference the AmbaSat-1 Low Earth Orbit Space Satellite. In a follow-up to “New Constellations in the Sky”, AmbaSat Kickstarter backer Bill Marshall’s latest article, “My First Steps into Space”, takes a more technical dive […]
