AlbertaSat's 2019 information session/new member orientation is almost upon us! Learn more about us and meet like-minded peers at this event designed to introduce you to our group and help…
Join engineering undergraduate students and AlbertaSat members Katelyn Ball, Casia McLeod, Callie Lissina and Abby Lacson for the EMPFest Panel on "Women in STEM Fields" talk. Time: 4:00PM - 5:00PM…
By Collin Cupido, Charles Nokes, Tyler Hrynyk, and Dustin Nault 01:24 am, Mountain time,May 28, 2017. AlbertaSat ground control established the first-ever two-way communication with Alberta's first satellite, Ex-Alta 1,…
By Charles Nokes The Ex-Alta 1 cube satellite built by the University of Alberta's AlbertaSat team was successfully deployed into low Earth orbit at 2:55:00 am mountain time from the International…
Ex-Alta 1 has been lounging around on the International Space Station ever since the Cygnus OA-7 arrived on April 22nd, enjoying its time with some absolutely exceptional astronauts. But as…
After launching from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral at 9:11:26 am MST April 18th on-board the Atlas V rocket, Ex-Alta 1 is now safely inside the International Space Station. Alberta’s…
The Ex-Alta 1 cube satellite, the first made in Alberta satellite launched to the International Space Station on April 18, 2017 at 9:11:26 am MST on-board the Atlas V rocket.…
Ashley Hansen is a 4th year education student studying secondary education. Yes you read that right, she is an education student working with AlbertaSat. What a lot of people don’t…
(Photo credit: Andy Kale, Univ. of Alberta) Ex-Alta 1 is currently in Florida awaiting launch to the International Space Station, aboard an Atlas V rocket. Launch is scheduled for 11:11 am EDT,…
The most exciting moment of my life happened on the 3rd of February during the presentation of Sylvain Laporte, the President of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). I was sitting…