UASPACE Projects
UASPACE currently has one completed project, BAMA-1, and is actively working on a second project, BAMA-2. Our team currently has a Future Projects subteam tasked with researching currently technologies and CubeSat projects for our project after BAMA-2.
BAMA-1
The BAMA-1 mission is the first satellite mission to successfully deliver hardware to outer space. The project was entirely led and developed by undergraduate students, mostly in the University of Alabama College of Engineering. The team was able to successfully design, build, test, assemble, and deliver a fully functioning satellite to NASA for launch through the CubeSat Launch Initiative.
BAMA-2
After the failure of the rocket to deliver BAMA-1 to orbit on February 10th, 2022, UASPACE decided to pivot their original plans of a new mission for BAMA-2. BAMA-2 is now an effort to re-create BAMA-1 and complete the mission of testing and demonstrating a drag sail as a tool to remove satellites from Low Earth Orbit.
Flight Software
The Flight Software team operates the On Board Computer, the "brain" of the satellite, that will run BAMA-2 when it is in orbit. Flight software works with the other UASpace sub teams to develop software and hardware to send commands to the cubesat and store data about the cubesat and the effectiveness of the drag sail during the BAMA-2 mission.
Ground Station
UASPACE built its own ground station to use for the BAMA-2 mission and future projects. BAMA-2's ground station will interface with an open source network and is the primary resource for controlling, tracking and communicating with the satellite when it is in orbit.