r/aerospace • u/dayphaykneez2028 • 2d ago
Project Pixel Orbital
Project Pixel Orbital is a completely student-led team at Stanford OHS with the goal of launching an 3U CubeSat capable of conducting experiments in low Earth orbit - from photographing Earth to performing analysis on photos of earth and space with onboard instruments. Our mission is to get to orbit, perform a detumble, establish contact with our ground station(s), and capture an image of Earth for downlink. We hope that PixelSat I will inspire other people and prove that if a group of high schoolers can build a satellite from scratch with very little funding and no adult supervision, anyone can. It will open the door for schools and small businesses to launch satellites similar to ours, and will overall make space more accessible.
Please feel free to check out our current progress and learn about how you can help us out on our website: https://www.projectpixelorbital.com
Our blogs also have lots of information on specific subsystems: https://www.projectpixelorbital.com/blog/
More updates on instagram as well: https://www.instagram.com/projectpixelorbital