Alpha CubeSat: Student-Led Space Exploration

$2,776
55%
Raised toward our $5,000 Goal
10 Donors
31
days left
Project ends on December 05, at 11:59 PM EST
Project Owners

Michelle

Greenwald

$50

12 hours ago

Anonymous

$76

13 hours ago

Eric

Zhang

$50

13 hours ago

Anonymous

Undisclosed Amount

14 hours ago

Anonymous

$100

15 hours ago

William

Kim

$100

16 hours ago

Kathy Weinberg

In Memory of Daniela Schatz

$100

16 hours ago

Anonymous

$100

18 hours ago

Charles

Holmes

$150

18 hours ago

Jennifer and Rob

Hurford

Undisclosed Amount

20 hours ago
Levels
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$10

100 CubeSat Radio Credits

Help us communicate with our satellite! Each message from our CubeSat costs 2 credits. $10 will fund a day's worth of data from space!

$25

3D Printer Filament

Your donation will enable us to prototype multiple ChipSat deployers for our upcoming missions!

$50

Circuit Boards

Your donation will allow us to prototype student-designed PCBs for both our ChipSat and High-Altitude Balloon 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 one 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!

$150

ChipSat Ground Station

Your donation will fund a low-cost ground station setup for student teams to track our light sail and collect data from our ChipSats!

$250

Thermal-Vacuum Test

Your donation will cover the cost of a thermal cycle in vacuum to simulate the temperature fluctuations during our suborbital launch! This shall be one of the final testing milestones to ensure our ChipSats can deploy successfully.

$500

Conference Participation

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!