UBC Orbit

TitleUBC Orbit
Faculty/College/UnitApplied Science
StatusCompleted
Duration1 Year
Initiation04/01/2012
Completion03/31/2014
Project Summary

UBC Orbit is competing in the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge (CSDC).This national competition’s goal is to design a low cost nano-satellite with a worthy scientific payload. Orbit’s payload, in collaboration with UBC’s PHAS department, will aid the CHIME project in mapping the early expansion of the universe. The successful team(s)’ satellite(s) are projected to launch in Spring 2014. UBC Orbit is UBC’s only space-oriented student team. As such, undergraduate and graduate students from multiple disciplines benefit by attaining valuable hands-on design, implementation and fabrication experience. We have proven success in placing 2nd out of 14 teams across Canada in the 1st round of competition. Orbit will constitute UBC’s foundation for future space competitions such as the NASA Centennial Challenge. TLEF funding will allow us to continue our goals of fostering the growth of space-oriented student teams, while expanding to the creation of Directed Studies materials to allow students to pursue space design for course credit.

Funding Details
Year 1: Project YearYear 1
Year 1: Funding Year2012/2013
Year 1: Project TypeSmall TLEF
Year 1: Principal InvestigatorJonathan Nakane
Year 1: Funded Amount18,000
Year 1: Team Members

Jonathan Nakane, Engineering Physics, Faculty of Applied Science
Andre Marziali, Director, Engineering Physics, Faculty of Applied Science
Jaymie Matthews, Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science (affiliated with Canadian Satellite Design Challenge)
Kris Sigurdson, Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science
Mark Halpern, Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science
Gary Hinshaw, Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science
Dan Came, Vice-President, Finance, UBC Orbit / Student, Engineering Physics
Tagg Jefferson, Chair, Engineering Student Team Council