David Murphy

Happy St. Patrick's Day to our colleagues, friends and followers from Ireland! 🇮🇪 🍀 To celebrate, find out how a team of Irish university students have built Ireland's first satellite, EIRSAT-1, as part of our Fly Your Satellite! programme. 👉 esa.int/Space_in_Membe…

If you haven't already heard about EIRSAT-1, Ireland's first satellite, then check out eirsat1.ie or more info. This is really exciting and is a great for the Amateur Radio community in Ireland to get involved in 😎 You can also follow EIRSAT-1 on Twitter.

@pe0sat @JA0CAW @EIRSAT1 Of course! Fresh from the flight model. S/C currently in test with convolutional encoding but we can get some more recordings without it soon. Full recording and trimmed version for smaller file size available here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/…

@JA0CAW Good morning Tetsu san, thank you for sharing with the community, maybe the @EIRSAT1 team can share a couple more recording so we can be prepared for the launch in 2023.

In preparation of the @EIRSAT1 launch in early 2023, I have been working with the information on github.com/ucd-eirsat-1/b… and I am successful in decoding there example recordings.

UZ7HO is also working on a Sound Modem version that supports EIRSAT-1.

The flight model of Ireland’s first satellite, EIRSAT-1, has been assembled! ⭐️ @ucdscience @UCDEngArch @ESA__Education

Flight model update! The communications and power subsystems and on-board computer have been added to the satellite stack ✅ @ucdscience @UCDEngArch @ESA__Education

The flight model of the Antenna Deployment Module has been assembled today in @UCDEngArch. with the amazing poem co-written by @jcsplibraries @HumanitiesUCD @MoLI_Museum students etched onto the cover thanks to @ucdartistsinres @EFJeng

Our previous paper describing simulations of expected GMOD performance can be found here: doi.org/10.1007/s10686…

Our paper describing the design, assembly and validation of the @EIRSAT1 GMOD gamma-ray payload is now available online. doi.org/10.1007/s10686… It represents a huge amount of work from lots of talented people @UCD_Cspace with support from @esa, @scienceirel, @IrishResearch.

It's time to announce our Academic Sponsorship winners! We want to thank all who applied and the 1st sponsorship goes to... drumroll 🥁... @EIRSAT1 team of University College Dublin! Congratulations, team! Read more about the Bright Start Programme here: ow.ly/xG8G50H6SLJ

The @EIRSAT1 team, participating in the second round of @esa’s Fly Your Satellite! Programme, has successfully concluded the environmental test campaign on their Engineering Qualification Model - a major milestone! Congratulations 👏 esa.int/Education/Cube…

Check out this video of the installation of the EIRSAT-1 Engineering Qualification Model in the ESA Education CubeSat Support Facility thermal vacuum chamber this week!

#selfie with the Engineering Qualification Model which has been installed in the @ESA__Education CubeSat Support Facility Thermal Vacuum Chamber. It will be thermally cycled 4 times between -26°C to 56°C in the next two weeks!

Our paper on the @EIRSAT1 functional verification of the Engineering Qualification Model was published today in @MDPIOpenAccess Aerospace journal and is available here: mdpi.com/2226-4310/8/9/…

Check out this tweet thread on the LEDSAT mission, launching in T-16 hours or so 🚀

We have two exciting opportunities to share! - MSc (Research) in EIRSAT-1 and Nanosatellite System Modelling at @UCD_physics. More details here bit.ly/3sc3uCp - PhD in Nanosatellite System Modelling and Testing at @UCDEngArch. More details here bit.ly/3jQzV5q

At 37.4km high, GMoDem holds the altitude record for anything I've worked on, but we're hoping to smash that record soon!

We're really grateful to everyone that helped make this happen, including the ASCOT team from @UofNH who let us fly piggy-back on their gondola and the folks @NASA Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility. The detector is the product of long-standing support from @esascience.

Our paper on the high-altitude balloon flight of GMoDem is available here: link.springer.com/article/10.100… GMoDem was our prototype version of the @EIRSAT1 GMOD gamma-ray detector.

For #InternationalWomensDay we're highlighting researchers recently awarded under SFI Frontiers for the Future programme: Prof Lorraine Hanlon @LorraineHanlon1, @ucddublin, is working on a technology platform for innovation and research in the global space sector #IWD2021 #IWD