Beihang won the international championship of the second World University Cube Star Challenge, and the works will be launched by Chinese rockets free of charge.

CTOnews.com, October 13 (Xinhua)-- during the 74th International Astronautical Congress from October 2 to 6, the team of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (CTOnews.com) representing China won the second World University Cube Challenge International Championship.

Beihang said that the award ceremony of the World University Cube Star Challenge was jointly held by the Chinese Academy of Astronautics and the International Astronautical Federation. At the ceremony, awards were given to two juxtaposed champion teams, with the Beihang Space Ranger team as one of the champions, and their works will be launched free of charge by Chinese rockets.

According to reports, the Space Ranger team is formed by 11 undergraduates from the Academy of Astronautics, who are committed to establishing a global space debris monitoring constellation through international cooperation.

▲ image source "Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics" official account, the following is their entry CubeSat for Space Debris Surveillance is a 3U cubic star, with "optical observation" and "impact debris detection" two unique payloads.

Beihang said that the team carried out the overall scheme design of Cube Star, designed the optical integration structure, and creatively put forward the microdebris detection load of expanded double-layer thin film impact, which also has the function of deorbit. at the same time, the work gives the scheme of each subsystem and explains the key technologies in detail.