Resources

Preliminary Design Review. Photo credit: Annette Wetmore

Document management and software

For participants of CubeSat NB, documents are managed using these information platforms:

SharePoint
Slack
Repositories, GitLab
- External access
- Internal access
- Internal access by SSH: gitrunner.cubesatnb.int.unb.ca
- We use the MIT License (Expat)
Software
- cubicrypt is for encryption and authentication, where required for communication to VIOLET and control of VIOLET
- We use the MIT License (Expat)
Valispace

Software repositories - Canadian CubeSat Project (CCP)

CubeSat NB
Dalhousie Space Systems - GitHub, MIT License
Concordia University SC-ODIN - GitLab, F Prime GitHub

CCP teams

Aurora Research Institute of Aurora College, AURORASAT, (AURORASAT at IARU), (AURORASAT at SatNOGS), (NORTHERN SPIRIT at ITU)
CubeSat NB (New Brunswick Community College, the Université de Moncton and the University of New Brunswick) (NB), VIOLET, (VIOLET at IARU), (VIOLET at ITU)
Dalhousie University (NS), LORIS, (LORIS at IARU), (LORIS at SatNOGS), (LORIS at ITU)
Memorial University and C-CORE (NL), Killick-1, (Killick-1 at IARU), (Killick-1 at ITU)
McMaster University (ON), NEUDOSE, (NEUDOSE at IARU), (NEUDOSE at SatNOGS), (NEUDOSE at ITU)
Concordia University (QC), SC-ODIN, (SC-ODIN at EU NanoSats), (SC-ODIN at IARU), (SC-ODIN at SatNOGS), (SC-ODIN at ITU)
University of Alberta (AB), EX-ALTA-2, (EX-ALTA-2 at IARU), (EX-ALTA-2 at SatNOGS), (NORTHERN SPIRIT at ITU)
University of Manitoba (MB), IRIS, STARLab, (IRIS at SatNOGS), (IRIS at ITU)
University of Prince Edward Island (PE), SpudNik-1, (SpudNik-1 at IARU)
University of Saskatchewan (SK), RadSat-SK, (RadSat-SK at IARU), (RadSat-SK at SatNOGS), (RadSat-SK at ITU)
Université de Sherbrooke (QC), QMSAT, (QMsat at IARU), (QMSAT at ITU)
University of Victoria (BC), ORCASat, (ORCASat at IARU), (ORCASat at SatNOGS), (ORCASat at ITU)
Western University (ON) and Nunavut Arctice College (NU), Ukpik-1, (Ukpik-1 at IARU), (Ukpik-1 at SatNOGS), (UKPIK-1 at ITU)
York University (ON), ESSENCE, (ESSENCE at SatNOGS), (ESSENCE at ITU)
Yukon College (YT), YUKONSAT, (YUKONSAT at IARU), (YUKONSAT at SatNOGS), (NORTHERN SPIRIT at ITU)

Common questions

When will we be building the CubeSat?

We are designing it now. We have been designing since May 4, 2018, Star Wars Day; may the fourth be with you. Some parts of it have been built, but as usual with a design process, we have identified issues which causes us to make adjustments in the design.

CubeSats are sometimes called birds; why not name the CubeSat after New Brunswick's bird, the chickadee?

We took a while to name our CubeSat. Chickadee was discussed. An overwhelming majority of the votes among the choices was VIOLET. The decision was made on August 14, 2019. VIOLET is not an acronym.

Canadian space initiatives

Carleton Aerospace Astrophysics Radio Club (CA2RC)

CSA and related links

Technical reports

Technical reports