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Alpha CubeSat - Sailing to the Stars

$5,000
100%
Raised toward our $5,000 Goal
29 Donors
Project has ended
Project ended on December 06, at 12:00 AM EST
Project Owners

Anonymous

$1,000

Dec 05, 2024

Duncan

McDonald

$120

Dec 05, 2024

Gail

Tripp

$100

Dec 05, 2024

Anonymous

$50

Nov 26, 2024

Brandy

Hoover

$20

Nov 25, 2024

Anonymous

$100

Nov 25, 2024

Corey

Kenneally

$50

Nov 22, 2024

Tsui Hui

Huang

$200

Nov 21, 2024

Taegan

Goddard

$500

Nov 16, 2024

Vivian

Lin

$50

Nov 15, 2024

Anonymous

In Honor of Ocelot

Undisclosed Amount

Nov 12, 2024

William

Kim

$100

Nov 11, 2024

Martina Mrongovius

In Honor of collaboration

Undisclosed Amount

Nov 08, 2024

Anonymous

Undisclosed Amount

Nov 08, 2024

Anonymous

$1,500

Nov 08, 2024

Duncan McDonald

In Memory of Ham Shack Bird ????️

$70

Nov 08, 2024

Anonymous

$10

Nov 07, 2024

Tanishq

Aggarwal

$100

Nov 07, 2024

Anonymous

Undisclosed Amount

Nov 07, 2024

Tong

Han

$20

Nov 06, 2024

c

c

$10

Nov 06, 2024

Xiaoli

Sun

$50

Nov 06, 2024

Xi Ai

In Honor of Lisa

Undisclosed Amount

Nov 06, 2024

Anonymous

$20

Nov 06, 2024

Vera

Gu

$50

Nov 06, 2024
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$10

Send your name to Space!

Give $10 or more and get your name printed on our spacecraft circuit boards and sent into space!

$20

3D Printer Filament

Your donation will enable us to prototype multiple light sail and ChipSat deployers for our missions!

$50

Circuit Boards

Your donation will allow us to prototype student-designed PCBs for both our ChipSat and Light Sail deployer projects! Students will solder, test, and iterate on these designs as we bring our projects to life!

$100

ChipSat Picoballoon Flight

Your donation enables us to launch 1 ChipSat in a small balloon that (if conditions are right) could circumnavigate the globe! Such flights allow us to test our compatibility with more ground stations, while gathering the support of listeners around the world to collect data from our light sail when it's in orbit!

$200

Thermal-Vacuum Test

Your donation will cover the cost of a thermal cycle in vacuum (-40C to 60C!) to simulate the temperature fluctuations on orbit! This shall be one of the final testing milestones to ensure our light sail can deploy successfully.

$500

Conference Appearances

Your donation will allow a student to present our cutting-edge technology and mission results at a high-visibility spacecraft conference this summer! This will cover airfare, lodging, and conference fees and will be an excellent networking opportunity for our students as they embark on their aerospace careers!

$1,000

Light Sail Deployers

Your donation will cover the cost of a suite of light sail deployers for astronauts to use on the International Space Station! Students from the Sailing to the Stars mission will carefully assemble and test each of these deployers in the SSDS cleanroom.