MESAT1 (Maine’s 1st Small Satellite)
Welcome to MESAT1 page, Maine’s 1st Small Satellite
MESAT1 is was launched to space onboard Fireflyblack rocket on July 4th, 2024. It carries three payloads designed by students in Falmouth High school, Fryeburg Academy, and Saco Middle School. UMaine and USM engineering teams collaborated on building the satellite and getting it ready for launch in collaboration with AMSAT, Aurora and NERRS. The CubeSat launch was funded by NASA CSLI program and its design and development was sponsored by NASA, MSGC, and UMaine. The initial enclosure design was completed at IMRC Center and final bus was built by NSL. Student team designed, built, and tested various PCB boards including flight computer, EPS, Battery and camera boards to name a few.
Telemetery data is avaiable here. MESAT1 was awarded an OSCAR designation on Oct 2, 2024 by AMSAT as MO-122, one of the 122 orbiting satellites carrying an amateur radio, and only one of the 10 universities in the US receiving this recognition.
Faculty Leads: Ali Abedi, Jeremy Qualls, Ashanthi Maxworth
Student Team:
- Joseph Patton, Ph.D Student, Project Manager/Power System
- Travis Russell, M.Sc Student, Radio Engineer
- Steele Muchmore-Allen, 4+1 Graduate Student, Flight Engineer