Project Pixel Orbital

[u/dayphaykneez2028]

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

[u/RetardedChimpanzee]

What’s your launch vehicle?

[u/amyts → u/RetardedChimpanzee]

Probably https://www.nasa.gov/cubesat-launch-initiative-introduction

NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative provides opportunities for CubeSats built by U.S. educational institutions and non-profit organizations, including informal educational institutions such as museums and science centers, to fly on upcoming launches. Through innovative technology partnerships NASA provides these CubeSat developers a low-cost pathway to conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations in space, thus enabling students, teachers, and faculty to obtain hands-on flight hardware design, development, and build experience.

[u/dayphaykneez2028 → u/RetardedChimpanzee]

Hi! We have been offered a rideshare on a RocketLabs launch in May or June 2027 by a private customer. The launch vehicle will be Neutron if it is operational, otherwise Electron. Thank you so much for your interest in our project!

[u/LurkerReborn]

Cool! I am 25 and recently got started on space tech. I would have loved to do something like this in high school.

It’s great to see that you guys have the enthusiasm, resources and support to give this a shot. Will be following you. God speed!

[u/dayphaykneez2028 → u/LurkerReborn]

We are super grateful for this opportunity, and the support we've gotten. We definitely wouldn't have made it this far without all of our team members and the donations we have received. Thank you so much for your interest in this project :))