{"id":207,"date":"2024-08-05T18:37:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T18:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/txstspacelab.org\/?page_id=207"},"modified":"2024-08-05T18:50:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T18:50:59","slug":"bobcatorbiter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/txstspacelab.org\/?page_id=207","title":{"rendered":"BobcatOrbiter"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"207\" class=\"elementor elementor-207\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-946a4aa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"946a4aa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-084f221 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"084f221\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BobcatOrbiter is a type of satellite formfactor called a &#8220;TubeSat.&#8221; This satellite was funded through grant money acquired by Dr. Rangelov and purchased as a kit and flight from Interorbital Systems.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2001c55 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2001c55\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d07a757 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d07a757\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"277\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/txstspacelab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BobcatOrbiter_in_space-277x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-213\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/txstspacelab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BobcatOrbiter_in_space-277x300.png 277w, https:\/\/txstspacelab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BobcatOrbiter_in_space-946x1024.png 946w, https:\/\/txstspacelab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BobcatOrbiter_in_space-768x832.png 768w, https:\/\/txstspacelab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BobcatOrbiter_in_space-1418x1536.png 1418w, https:\/\/txstspacelab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BobcatOrbiter_in_space-1891x2048.png 1891w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Full view of BobcatOrbiter partially completed.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afac441 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"afac441\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The goal of BobcatOrbiter is largely to be the first satellite developed solely at our university. We want to establish Texas State University as a leader in spacecraft design and operations. This requires us to start somewhere and BobcatOrbiter is that somewhere. The lessons we learn and the documentation\/infrastructure we build while designing BobcatOrbiter will be used in future missions, starting a snowball effect of ever-increasingly complex and cutting-edge missions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6c94a4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a6c94a4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-020b924 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"020b924\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/txstspacelab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BobcatOrbiter_main_board-768x576.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-217\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/txstspacelab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BobcatOrbiter_main_board-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/txstspacelab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BobcatOrbiter_main_board-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/txstspacelab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BobcatOrbiter_main_board.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Space Lab member Aaron Gonzalez working on the main board for BobcatOrbiter.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2252113 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2252113\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9c163d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b9c163d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Onboard, BobcatOrbiter is a host of environmental sensors that collect data like battery voltage, temperature, etc. The main \u201cpayload\u201d of the satellite is a pair of radiation sensors that will collect nominal radiation levels of the altitude that our satellite orbits. All this data will be transmitted back to Earth and displayed in our lab.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BobcatOrbiter is a type of satellite formfactor called a &#8220;TubeSat.&#8221; This satellite was funded through grant money acquired by Dr. Rangelov and purchased as a kit and flight from Interorbital Systems. \u00a0 Full view of BobcatOrbiter partially completed. The goal of BobcatOrbiter is largely to be the first satellite developed solely at our university. We &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/txstspacelab.org\/?page_id=207\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BobcatOrbiter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-207","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/txstspacelab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/txstspacelab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/txstspacelab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/txstspacelab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/txstspacelab.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=207"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/txstspacelab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":255,"href":"https:\/\/txstspacelab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/207\/revisions\/255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/txstspacelab.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}