STM students designing antenna to receive data from STMSat-1 – Credit STM

A Slow Scan TV (SSTV) CubeSat developed by students at Saint Thomas More Cathedral School (STM) in Arlington, VA, is set to be deployed from the International Space Station between 1400 and 1500 UT on May 16. For latest date/time check here.

STM student using amateur radio station

STM is thought to be the first Elementary school to build their own satellite, even Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and First Grade students were involved in the project.

The satellite, a 1U CubeSat called STMSat-1, will transmit a SSTV Robot36 mode signal on 437.800 MHz.

Middle School Students took the initiative to begin exploring how to receive data from the CubeSat and formed a Ham Radio Club. There, they learned the basics of operating a ham radio station and explored Slow Scan Television as an option for receiving images once the satellite is deployed.

How Did 400 Grade School Students Built A Nano-Satellite?
http://jewelbots.tumblr.com/post/134465599599/how-did-400-grade-school-students-built-a

Watch the CBS This Morning show report on the satellite
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/satellite-built-by-elementary-students-to-be-deployed-in-space/

STMSat-1
https://twitter.com/STMSAT11
https://www.facebook.com/stmsat1/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/491135804399695/
http://www.stmsat-1.org/