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The UoSAT-1 story: ingenuity, teamwork and lots of favours!

Posted: 06 Oct 2021 11:52 AM PDT https://amsat-uk.org/2021/10/06/the-uosat-1-story-ingenuity-teamwork-and-lots-of-favours/

UoSAT-1 OSCAR 9 and Team

UoSAT-OSCAR-9 (UoSAT-1), developed at the University of Surrey by Martin Sweeting G3YJO and his team, was launched into orbit 40 years ago on
October 6, 1981.

UoSAT-1 was the first modern microsatellite with in-orbit re-programmable computers and its signals were decoded and analysed by thousands of radio amateurs, schools & universities around the world.

Find out about the audacious favours Sir Martin Sweeting G3YJO called in to
get UoSAT-1 off the ground in 1981, and the ingenious hack he used to
vibration test it using a car and Guildford High Street!

Read the UoSAT-1 story at

https://www.sstl.co.uk/media-hub/latest-news/2021/the-story-of-uosat-1-ingenuity-teamwork-and-lots-o

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