8000x-1 will be the first cubesat to fully implement mobilephone technology within a 1U (10×10×10 cm) cubesat.
Due for launch later this month, 8000x-1 will be fully controlled by the mobile phones OBC, “Loof Prial” the project sponsores aim to release an “off-the-shelf” kit starting around £300 ($456) in June 2013.
Miss Teresa Green, project manager gave AMSAT-UK unprecedented access to “Loof Prial” workshop located in Kent, England, we must say how impressed we were with the facilities.
Jimmy Riddle (Senior Engineer) explained how the system will work ” 8000x-1 is designed around the Dyna TAC Motorola Mobile phone (pictured below) , The 8000x-1 OBC is the heart of the project, many months of design have gone into fitting the phone within a very small space, design teams have managed to cut the phone in half and make it fit within a 10x10x10 cm cube”
A full list of science projects will be released in the next few days,but looking at the literature, 8000x-1 boasts some impressive activities.
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