ZACUBE-1, FUNcube-1 and HiNCube in the deployment pod – Image credit Wouter Weggelaar PA3WEG

The South African CPUT TshepisoSAT team were invited to give a mission update at the SA AMSAT‘s Space Symposium on Saturday, May 24, 2014 at the Innovation Hub in Pretoria.

The event was well attended and even had representatives from SANSA in attendance. Presentations on other CubeSats included Denel Dynamics’ DynaCube, FUNcube-1 and SA AMSAT’s own KLETSkous project.

This paper gives a brief introduction to the F’SATI programme, the constructed CubeSat and mission. An outline of the milestones reached thus far with the Tshepiso nano-satellite are given, the outstanding activities that must still be completed and challenges faced. Some of the images captured by the satellite are also presented. Read TshepisoSAT, six months on orbit.
http://www.cput.ac.za/blogs/fsati/files/2014/05/Paper-SA-AMSAT-Space-Symposium-Pretoria-2014.pdf

CPUT F’SATI News http://www.cput.ac.za/blogs/fsati/blog/

Southern African Amateur Radio Satellite Association (SA AMSAT) http://www.amsatsa.org.za/