The University of Delaware CubeSat Ground Station (UD/CSGS)

PI Bennett A. Maruca, Co-I Edward Campbell Graff, Jr., and Undergraduate Jeffrey Neumann after installing the 3-meter satellite dish for the University of Delaware CubeSat Ground Station at the Mt. Cuba Astronomical Observatory in Greenville, DE.

CubeSats are small spacecraft with standardized form factors for low-cost access to space. The University of Delaware (UD) CubeSat Ground Station (CSGS) is being developed in partnership with the CubeSat Radio Interferometry Experiment (CURIE), a NASA-funded CubeSat mission led by the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) and slated for launch in late 2020.  This award provides funding for Edward Campbell Graff, Jr. and Jeffrey Neumann (UD undergraduate) as they work to integrate, calibrate, and program the components for UD/CSGS.  Once complete, UD/CSGS will not only augment the CURIE mission but also facilitate future CubeSat missions led by UD.