During the solar eclipse that took place last 20th of March, UniSat-6 passed very close (around 1600km) from the totality. UniSat-6 monitored the event with its onboard sensors. The eclipse’s effect was obvious on the satellite: it has been clearly visible from both the thermal and electricity generation points of view. Concerning the thermal aspect, […]
This year’s Spring equinox will coincide with a great natural event: the Moon will cast its shadow on our planet when passing between the Sun and the Earth. On 20 March 2015 there will be a solar eclipse, total in some parts of the North of Europe, like the Faroe Islands and the Norwegian Svalbard, […]
G.A.U.S.S. Srl forms part of the consortium created to undertake the IODISPlay project, within the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, thanks to its expertise as a space launcher. IODISPlay project (that stands for IOD/IOV Service Mission Portfolio) is funded by the European Commission to identify a repertory of IOD/IOV missions. The company, G.A.U.S.S., collaborates to this project with […]
UniCubeSat-GG (Gravity Gradient) reentered from orbit this morning 16 February 2015 at 11:20 UTC, after three years of adventure into space. Built by the GAUSS Laboratory of the “Scuola di Ingegneria Aerospaziale” of the “Università di Roma La Sapienza”, it was the first CubeSat mission of the G.A.U.S.S. Group (Sapienza). The G.A.U.S.S. Srl company was […]
UNISAT-6 has travelled over 73 million kilometers since its launch, completing over 1656 orbits. During this period the satellite has transmitted more than 16 megabytes of recorded telemetry and 518 pictures. Even if these numbers might not be very spectacular in today’s standards, it is a great achievement for a satellite communicating in UHF with a bandwidth […]
Today 19th of July 2014, thirty days after the launch, Gauss team wants to celebrate the first month of full operations of UniSat-6 with all the supporters and HAM radios that are following news and/or that are sending us telemetry data from each corner of the world. In the first month of flight, on UniSat-6 everything is […]
