Standby for Launch
(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,…
Member Spotlight – Tyler Hrynyk
Tyler Hrynyk is a 4th year Mechanical Engineering student here at the U of A and is also AlbertaSat’s Ex Alta-2 Project Manager. Tyler joined AlbertaSat in September 2013, in…
Member Spotlight – Katelyn Ball
Katelyn Ball is a 3rd year Mechanical Engineering student that joined AlbertaSat in her second year of engineering. She originally learned about AlbertaSat in her ENGG 100 class and knew…
Member Spotlight – John Grey
John Grey is a 4th year Engineering Physics student who joined AlbertaSat after his second year when he heard about it through his friend, Charles Nokes. His interest in the…
Member Spotlight – Callie Lissinna
Callie Lissinna is a 2nd year Mechanical Engineering student that joined AlbertaSat in September of her first year of engineering when she saw their booth at the ENGG Expo. Her…
Member Spotlight – Corbin Cooper
Corbin Cooper is a 5th year Mechanical Engineering Co-op student that joined AlbertaSat in September 2013. Corbin’s main goal has always been to one day become an astronaut, AlbertaSat…
2016 CANADIAN SMALLSAT SYMPOSIUM
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…
Canadian Space Summit 2015 – November 20th
Today the summit kicked off with the Young Professionals’ Breakfast. Participants had the opportunity to learn about opportunities for up and coming leaders in the space community and industry from…
Canadian Space Summit 2015
The 2015 Canadian Space Summit was held in Vancouver by the Canadian Space Society from November 18th to November 20th, 2015. This year's summit focused on "highlighting space research, building space business, and…
Space Symposium Week 2015
On Monday October 5th and Tuesday October 6th AlbertaSat attended ISSET's Space Exploration Symposium. Monday night featured a talk by Dr. Alan Stern, a planetary scientist and principal investigator of…