Space Hub Group: CubeSat Is Ready To Receive Cubes

[Callaban]

The Rocket Is Ready!

CubeSat Project Is Ready To Receive CubeSats From Participants!

Congratulations:

Alebcay
Arbites
Australian Republic
Damak Var
Hittanryan
Lazodiria
New Edom
Pimps Inc
Ulil

Please have your projects delivered on or before September 25th.

We anticipate an October 3rd launch date.

On the occasion of the launch background footage and a news-feed and will be provided to the participating institutions and the public in general.

This news-feed will be of raw footage which can be altered, edited and allows you to supply your own over-dub or commentary.

With the help of all of our partners we look forward to a successful mission, a great learning experience and the fruits of your project's successful mission.

Because Space is BIG and Science is AWESOME,

CubeSat Project
Space Hub Group
The Incorporated States of Callaban aka The City Of Callaban Ltd.
The Cornellian Empire

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[OOC: If you create content or media content about your project, please repost it here.]

[Callaban]

Reproduced from Terminal City News

Terminal City News - Always Online

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CubeSat Project Is Ready To Receive CubeSats From Participants!
Screams blurb from CubeSat Project.

By Mike Noone

The City Of Callaban Ltd.—

The much lauded '100 Free Trips To Space' of the Space Hub Group's CubeSat Project is closing on the finish line.

"...projects delivered on or before September 25th...

We anticipate an October 3rd launch date."

The participation list by country is:

Alebcay
Arbites
Australian Republic
Damak Var
Hittanryan
Lazodiria
New Edom
Pimps Inc
Ulil

Not just a prestigious event for Callaban but an expansion of external business opportunities.

For more information & developments, see: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=288214

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[Australian rePublic]

Dear The Incorporated States of Callaban
We thank you for allowing us free participation in the CubeSat project.
We are ready to deliver the co, pleted project now but need to know which airport to deliver it to.
The airline that shall perform the delivery is Red Kangaroo airlines.
Thanks again

[New Edom]

THE FINEBERG TIMES

September 4, 2014

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Space—the Next Frontier!

by Annabelle Barca
FINEBERG, New Edom— Microsatellites are here! Also known as cubesats, though they can be in a variety of shapes, the small satellites are being used as a series of experiments by academic institutions in response to a promotional free series of launches from the propulsion platform in Callaban. The National Science Director, Dr. Nestor Khalkimedes, reported with great excitement that “This is a wonderful new era for science in the region. I am very proud of our institutions which have demonstrated what they can do with additional funding and research.”

Some of the experiments being done include the following:

Radiosat 2 is an experiment in using microsatellites for radio communications to improve emergency communication systems for off the grid districts in New Edom and similar nations. It is intended to involve a network of 22 cubesats which will enable a constant connection web. It is to be partnered with Project Hermes is a research project by graduate students at Gone Polytechnic to study the viability of small mobile orbital communications platforms for small communities to be able to use telephone communications without cell phone towers. It will enable better information and financial systems to reach small New Edomite communities.

The Hyperion Project is a weather observation study intended to act as a sub-regional stormwatch for the western oceanic region of the Cornellian Empire. It will be used to track weather patterns and enable disaster preparedness not only for New Edom but also for Nalaya, the Late Roman Empire and other Northern Belisarian nations, Gehenna Tartarus and the Ceti nations. Funding for this project has come from the Ministry of Education as well as alumni of Fineberg University.

Operation LowHigh is an engineering project. A network of 20 cubesats intended to be in a dormant state to be 'wakened' at variously timed or programmed operational statuses. The cubesats will largely be for photographic imagining of key areas for the purpose of environmental engineering in case of such potential disasters as floods, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes and forest fires.

Operation Ursa Minor is a project to send a number of Tardigrades (also known as waterbears or moss piglets) which are small eight limbed segmented animals which can can withstand temperatures from just above absolute zero to well above the boiling point of water, pressures about six times greater than those found in the deepest ocean trenches, ionizing radiation at doses hundreds of times higher than the lethal dose for a human, and the vacuum of outer space. They can go without food or water for more than 10 years, drying out to the point where they are 3% or less water, only to rehydrate, forage, and reproduce.


This project is an effort to explore the limits of the creatures' ability to withstand space conditions in an enclosed environment. It will be used to propose a joint project with the Lamonian national space agency's shuttle to recover the cubesats containing and monitoring the creatures for later analysis. Equipment will be placed on the cubesats for helping monitor their conditions.

Ultimately, future experiments are expected by the National Space Agency which is part of the Directorate of National Science. Admiral Charles Rand, the Minister of Transport, and Dr. Khalkimedes are expected to represent the nation at the launch.

[Alebcay]

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New navigation system takes flight

6 September 2014

WYNDHAM, Alebcay - Crowds watched from the cargo terminal at Wyndham Metropolitan International Airport yesterday as an aircraft carrying the first components of a new satellite navigation system dubbed NavMesh, which is built off of the EACARS, or enhanced aircraft collision and avoidance system, to a launch facility in Callaban took off from runway 13. The components are being launched into space as part of the CubeSat initiative, a space program commissioned by the Incorporated States of Callaban. NavMesh was one of of only a handful of projects accepted for deployment through the program. Once deployed, the four units aboard will enter geosynchronous orbit and be able to provide limited assistance to aircraft within range for communications, weather, navigation, and collision avoidance information.

Scientists at the Alebcay National Aeronautics Institute in Booker developed the open-source protocol and many were excited to be present at the event. The project director spoke briefly, noting with great pride that "The beauty of the system is that it is an open protocol. This allows for us, or any other nation, to deploy units in the future that can be readily integrated with the existing system." He also noted that while the current system is only being utilized by aircraft, it is completely viable to include the technology in automobiles, marine vessels, and other vehicles. "The possibilities are amazing. While we developed this with aircraft in mind, it can easily work with cars and ships without any modification to the satellites or the protocol. In fact, all that remains is designing capable adapters to be fitted into vehicles and market adoption of the technology."

Several other notable figures were also present in the terminal. The CEO of Spirit Avionics, an Alebcay-based company that assisted in development, Vincent Merrick, was present and seemed to be in an ecstatic mood. "It's always exciting to see our work come to fruition and see use in the real world", he said as the aircraft lifted off the ground.

The technology has seen slow adoption within the airline industry, but it is expected to accelerate as the system becomes fully function. It is currently used in all Alebcay-based budgetAir aircraft, as well as in all aircraft used by Woodsteadean airline Millenium Airways and all aircraft manufactured by Globus-based Kestrel Aeronautics.

NavWind is expected to assume full operation of it's existing units by October 3rd.

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[Callaban]

To: Townsville University, Grand University of Sydney, Federal University (Canberra), Grand University of Melbourne, The Federation of Australian Republic

From: CubeSat Project

Re: [N]ow but need to know which airport to deliver it to.

You may schedule a flight to CCAS (Callaban City Air Services).

Re: The airline that shall perform the delivery is Red Kangaroo airlines.

Please inform this office 5 business days in advance of your arrival.

Because Space is BIG and Science is AWESOME,

CubeSat Project
Space Hub Group
The Incorporated States of Callaban aka The City Of Callaban Ltd.
The Cornellian Empire

[Callaban]

CubeSat Project has been pleased by the enthusiastic working relationship we have established with the many universities involved in the CubeSat Project.

We look forward to you project arrivals and to a successful mission, a great learning experience and the fruits of your project's successful mission.

Because Space is BIG and Science is AWESOME,

CubeSat Project
Space Hub Group
The Incorporated States of Callaban aka The City Of Callaban Ltd.
The Cornellian Empire

[Callaban]

Good news Alebcay!

Your CubeSats have arrived in perfect condition.

Thank you for your participation and forwarding the related press article.

We look forward to a successful mission, a great learning experience and the fruits of your project's success.

Because Space is BIG and Science is AWESOME,

CubeSat Project
Space Hub Group
The Incorporated States of Callaban aka The City Of Callaban Ltd.
The Cornellian Empire

[Australian rePublic]

To: Townsville University, Grand University of Sydney, Federal University (Canberra), Grand University of Melbourne, The Federation of Australian Republic

From: CubeSat Project

Re: [N]ow but need to know which airport to deliver it to.

You may schedule a flight to CCAS (Callaban City Air Services).

Re: The airline that shall perform the delivery is Red Kangaroo airlines.

Please inform this office 5 business days in advance of your arrival.

Because Space is BIG and Science is AWESOME,

CubeSat Project
Space Hub Group
The Incorporated States of Callaban aka The City Of Callaban Ltd.
The Cornellian Empire

Thank You. We have informed them, it shall arrive in 5 business days

[Pimps Inc]

We are Going Back!

September 6,2014
Achievement City-Pimps Inc - The crowds have gathered and the champagne is out in order to celebrate the first Pimps to go into space since 1997.After the Pimps Aeronautics and Space Agency is set to receive a new technology from the nation of Callaban at no cost,the agency has gone wild.People have been prevented from actually seeing the technology-dubbed Cubesat-since the shipment arrived at Zancudo Air Base in the outskirts of Achievement City at around 9:00 AM.According to a statement by the PASA,"We are joyous to announce that we will be sending Pimps into space for the first time since 1997 in order to allow research to be done on Solar activity and how it affects out modern technology and the study of the moons phases.This project will cost around 1.7 Billion dollars and we expect that Project Apollo and Artemis will be successful."

Excerpt from Achievement Times Newspaper by Laurence Di Maggio

[Callaban]

[OOC: Apolgies - Family illness has kept me busy lately and I have fallen behind on my NS commitments. I hope to soon be announcing a revised launch schedule.

Thank you for your patience.]

[The Recon Empire]

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To CubeSat Project:

Greetings! The Legion Foundation is a private foundation aimed at supporting creative businesses and endeavours, with arts and education. We find that CubeSat Project is an excellent example of our ordeals and we'd like to offer the project a NS$400 million grant to further your expansions and operations. We want you to bring your project further, and if you are interested, please write back to us. Thank you!

Sincerely yours,

Dr Audrey McKenzie, PhD
Director of Global Development
The Legion Foundation
The Legion Corporation

[Callaban]

To:
Dr Audrey McKenzie, PhD
Director of Global Development
The Legion Foundation
The Legion Corporation

From:
CubeSat Project
Space Hub Group
The Incorporated States of Callaban aka The City Of Callaban Ltd.
The Cornellian Empire

Re:

To CubeSat Project:

Greetings! The Legion Foundation is a private foundation aimed at supporting creative businesses and endeavours, with arts and education. We find that CubeSat Project is an excellent example of our ordeals and we'd like to offer the project a NS$400 million grant to further your expansions and operations. We want you to bring your project further, and if you are interested, please write back to us. Thank you!

GRANTS APPLICATION
Name of Applicant: CubeSat Project (viewtopic.php?f=6&t=288214)
Nation of Applicant: The Incorporated States of Callaban
URL to Nation or Organization: http://www.nationstates.net/nation=callaban
Brief Bio: Callaban City Ltd.

A large Corporate Megacity exists as an Independent Special Economic Zone.

Individual contracts are at the discretion of the parties involved.

The City itself is a politically neutral body and territory in terms of foreign conflict.

All contracts, persons or organizations within the City's Dominion are also strictly neutral on pain of contract violation.

Brief Bio: CubeSat Project

The Space Hub Group started as a conglomerate of space hobbiests and enthusiasts working in their spare time. This eventually led to myriad creative and cutting edge aerospace contractors. These contractors combined to form the CubeSat Project:

100 Free Trips To Orbit For Educational Satellites (MT Only) - Training tomorrow’s space professionals and firing the imagination of a generation about the very real and important possibilities of next generation space flight.

Because Space is BIG and Science is AWESOME.

Cost Requested: NS$400 million
What do you hope to accomplish?:

The Space Hub Group would like to extend and expand the CubeSat Project to the next level by increasing payload availability to students.

How long would it take before we can see results? 8 months to 1 year. CubeSat Project has given months for recruitment and then engineering of the projects.

Remarks:

We thank you for your interest, encouragement and pro-active investigation.

Because Space is BIG and Science is AWESOME.

Sponsored by:
CubeSat Project
Space Hub Group
The Incorporated States of Callaban aka The City Of Callaban Ltd.
The Cornellian Empire

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[Callaban]

The Incorporated States of Callaban, The Cornellian Empire, October 21, 2014

CubeSat Project by Space Hub Group today announces that it has received a NS$400 million grant from The Legion Foundation.

Legion Foundation is a private non-profit foundation founded in 25 September 2014 by Mr Lee Hong Xuan, CEO of The Legion Corporation.

The grant will help the Space Hub Group to extend and expand the CubeSat Project to the next level by increasing payload availability to students.

We thank the Legion Foundation for their generous grant, but also for their interest, encouragement and pro-active investigation of our program.

This strengthens our mission of "Training tomorrow’s space professionals and firing the imagination of a generation about the very real and important possibilities of next generation space flight."

About The Legion Foundation
The Recon Empire,
The Crown Federation of Recon

Because Space is BIG and Science is AWESOME.

Sponsored by:
CubeSat Project
Space Hub Group
The Incorporated States of Callaban aka The City Of Callaban Ltd.
The Cornellian Empire

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[Callaban]

A neon purple rocket sits on a launch pad.

It is seen by cameras far away with intercuts of minicams on the tower and on the hull itself.

The fuselage is festuned with the national flags and crest of participating organizations.

The largest ones are:

Alebcay
Arbites
Australian Republic
Damak Var
Hittanryan
Lazodiria
New Edom
Pimps Inc
Ulil


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LIFTOFF

The launch team is ecstatic.