Tim DeBenedictis and Anna Vital with the SkyCube satellite
This video shows a preliminary qualification test of SkyCube’s electronic components in Evan Neumann’s thermal vacuum chamber in San Francisco, CA, December 19, 2012.
Watch SkyCube Vacuum Test
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1wYV5KYOj8]
SkyCube will take pictures of Earth with three VGA cameras and deliver 120-character messages to smartphones running a SkyCube app. The messages will be collected on Earth and transmitted to the satellite about once a day, where they will be stored in memory and broadcast every 10 seconds. In addition to the app, anyone with a fairly modest amateur radio-type receiver might also be able to pick up the broadcasts directly.
SkyCube http://www.southernstars.com/skycube/satellite.html
SkyCube uses Kickstarter for Funding http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=8955