ThumbSat Media


thumb report newsletter - october 2016

Progress, partnership, and volunteers...be sure to read all about it!


Independent testing of thumbnet's new n3 sdr receiver!

The first of the ThumbNet N3 independent tests are in! Read all about it!


Thumb Report Newsletter - august 2016

Progress, partnership, and volunteers...be sure to read all about it!


Thumb Report Newsletter - June 2016

Progress, partnership, and volunteers...be sure to read all about it!


AEROSPACE, June 2016

ThumbSat gets another mention, along with partners MxSpace and Simple Complexity! Check out pages 10 & 11!


Tijuana Economic Development CorporatioN - May, 2016

THUMBSAT IS MAKING NEWS AROUND THE WORLD.

Enjoy reading the news release by the TEDC and learn a little bit about the ThumbSat lab in the exciting city of Tijuana, Mexico.


Parlez-vous français? - May, 2016

ROBOTS AND SATELLITES ARE THE PERFECT MATCH.

ThumbSat was featured in Planète Robots n°39! Click here for a translatable text version.


ThumbNews Newsletter - April, 2016

FIND OUT HOW THINGS ARE PROGRESSING IN THUMBWORLD!

Exciting new hardware, volunteers, and news updates...read all about it!


Allegheny West Magazine - March, 2016

ThumbNet volunteer Danny Hovanec is featured in his local Pennsylvania hometown magazine, and is proud to be an active part of ThumbNet!! Danny also received a STEM scholarship, which you can read about on p29 of the same magazine. ThumbSat would like to congratulate Danny on his success and thank him for his support of ThumbNet.


ThumbNews Newsletter - February, 2016

THE LATEST NEWS, FUN FACTS AND SPOTLIGHT ON PEOPLE

New hardware, new people and a little visit by Cupid for Valentines Day. Read all about it in the latest edition of ThumbNews.


Lab Out Loud - February, 2016

AN ENGINEER'S GUIDE TO SPACE EXPLORATION.

A fantastic 30 minute PodCast interview between the brilliant Lab Out Loud team, Dale Basler and Brian Bartel and our own Shaun Whitehead. Ranging from Space Engineering to ThumbSat to ThumbNet to how your school can get its own payload or experiment into space for free, it's the best 30 minutes you can spend this week!


ThumbNews Newsletter - December, 2015

AN OUT OF THIS WORLD GLIMPSE OF THUMBSAT AND THUMBNET.

See what's going on around ThumbSat and enjoy a special look at a spotlighted ThumbNet station operator.


Make - November, 2015

LAUNCH YOUR INGENUITY WITH THUMBSAT.


When we say “launch” we really mean it – as in launch it with a rocket into near-Earth orbit. Yes, personal Earth-orbiting satellites are now much more achievable and economical with DIY space systems like ThumbSat. Using their standardized femto-satellite platform, Makers ranging from scientists and educators to engineers and hobbyists can design and arrange a satellite for launch in the next 2 years, at much lower cost and effort than ever before.... Read the rest of the article here.


Off To The Space Races Blog - October, 2015





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Discovery News - October, 2015

In the past decade, we’ve seen that mini-satellites can provide quite a bit of science. CubeSats are being used for applications ranging from Earth imaging, to simple communications, to science experiments. And in the coming years these small satellites (only a few inches across) are expected to fly to further-flung destinations such as Mars and one of Jupiter’s moons, Europa.


While CubeSats are inexpensive enough for universities and small companies to access, a company called ThumbSat Inc. has a vision of even cheaper space exploration. As the name of the firm implies, a “ThumbSat” is controlled by a tiny circuit board and carries an experiment that is just 48 mm x 48 mm x 32 mm across at most and weighing around 25 grams (0.055lb). What’s more, ThumbSat is willing to do more of the mission planning for you than a typical CubeSat... Read the rest of the article here.


Wired Magazine Article - October, 2015

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