Om man tillhör ett universitet som råkar ha en nästan färdig cubesat liggandes, kan det här vara ett bra läge att få upp den i rymden.
ESA Call for Proposals: FLY YOUR SATELLITE!
’Fly Your Satellite!’ is an exciting new initiative from the European Space
Agency (ESA) Education and Knowledge Management
Office. It is focused on CubeSat
projects run by university students and builds on the successful ‘CubeSats for
the Vega Maiden Flight’ pilot programme, which culminated in 2012 with the
launch of seven university student-built CubeSats on board the Vega Maiden
Flight.
In the future, this new initiative is intended to
cover the complete development
process of a satellite from concept to launch.
However, the 2013 edition will be
dedicated to teams whose satellite is already at an advanced stage of
development and able to complete the Flight Model assembly by June 2013. One,
two or three-unit CubeSats are eligible.
The opportunity will be open to European
university teams from ESA Member States
or Cooperating States:
* ESA Member States Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
* ESA cooperating States Canada, Estonia, Hungary, and Slovenia.
* The deadline for submitting proposals is 01 March 2013
Further information on the ESA website at
http://www.esa.int/Education/Call_for_Proposals_Fly_Your_Satellite