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February 2018 Monthly Update

Newly constructed chassis of the NUMBAT Mars Rover.

March 5, 2018 May 1, 2018 By Harry J.E Day, Mark Yeo, Joerick Aligno, Declan Walsh, Benjamin Koschnick, Timothy Guo, Adithya Rajendran, Sajid Ibne Anower, Thomas Renneberg, Jonathan Wong, Simon Ireland
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Welcome to our February monthly update, its been another busy month at BLUEsat UNSW. As well as an amazing o-week, our teams have made massive progress across the board....

Life in our Solar System

The idea of intelligent alien life has been an exciting topic in the world of science fiction for a very long time. In reality, if there are any forms...

Remote Rope Burning

BLUEsat's High-Altitude Balloon is equipped with a remote separation mechanism. Its function is to detach the payload from the balloon when we want, which gives us better control of the...

January 2018 Monthly Update

A CAD rendering of the NUMBAT Mars Rover in "space"

Welcome to our monthly updates, we are going to trial one of these each month to keep you updated on what's going on at BLUEsat! January has certainly been...

Nitrogen: Nature’s Code, Harmless Bugs and Fixing Process

Whether it is a microscopically-small bacterium, a 90-metre-tall Redwood Tree, a 750-legged millipede or just a human, it is well known water and carbon compounds are critical molecules for...

Developing a data-logging sensor system using Raspberry Pi

One objective of the BLUEsat High-Altitude Ballooning Mission is to acquire data about flight dynamics and atmospheric characteristics. The payload includes an assortment of sensors connected to a Raspberry...

Hybrid Rocket Propulsion

Most conventional spacecraft use one of two chemical rocket designs, liquid fuel or solid fuel. Both designs rely on the same core principle, a highly reactive fuel is supplied...

Lets makes a pirate radio station

Yes, the first question you are thinking of is correct. This is totally illegal. But this is super easy, educational, and takes so little time that you will be...

Prototyping the New Joystick

BLUEsat's NUMBAT rover is due for completion early next year, and it needs a new and updated control system to go along with it. That’s where the prototype for...

UNSW Launches a Cubesat into the Thermosphere!

Fifteen years passed since Australians had last launched a satellite into space. In early 2017, this interlude was interrupted by a team at UNSW who launched EC0, a CubeSat...

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