Participating SilverSat tweens and teens represent a diverse population. Students are in grades 6 – 11 and are a mix of public, private, and homeschooled students from the greater Silver Spring area and Washington, D.C. Our diversity provides varying perspectives as well as many different areas of expertise that contributes to our progress and allows us to be more efficient in creating our CubeSat.
Our team consists of multiple subgroups working simultaneously to create the prototype of our CubeSat.
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- The subgroups include:
- Power – Working to supply power to the CubeSat
- Avionics – Working on the computers allowing us to control the CubeSat
- Systems – Working on overall systems design and project management
- Payload – Working to develop code to Tweet and take pictures
- Communications – Working to connect between the CubeSat and groundstations
- Flight Software – Working to develop code to control the CubeSat
- Guidance and Control – Working to help keep the CubeSat stabilized in space, making sure it is pointing in the right direction
- Mechanical – Working on the CubeSat structure and assembly
- Indicator (drone prototype) – Working to create a way for us to see our prototype CubeSat in the air
- The subgroups include:
Interested in Joining SilverSat?
If you know someone who might be interested in SilverSat, we’re currently looking for project mentors and accepting applications through our Join SilverSat page.