I Bought A Satellite From Ukraine

After hearing about the MySat kit from @JeffGeerling's video, I bought one for myself! The base kit is only $128, making it the most affordable cubesat kit available. This thing would be fantastic for schools or hobbyists on a budget!

While this is more of a simulator than a real flight-ready satellite, it has a lot of the same technology and offers a realistic look at constructing, programming, and communicating with a small satellite. It has onboard power management, radio transceiver, sensors, multiple microcontrollers, and can include solar panels and other options depending on the version you purchase.

I did have a few problems getting everything to work, but nothing I couldn't figure out. While there might be other cubesat kits and models out there with a little more polish, none of them are this cheap! I found the problems to be more realistic than just assembling a toy or model kit, since building a real satellite would also involve troubleshooting and modifying things.

This is NOT a sponsored review, as I paid for this myself. However, I absolutely recommend it to anyone interested in satellites, radio communication, microcontrollers and sensors, or any related topic! This would be a fantastic holiday gift for someone who's into space, computers, or amateur radio. Plus its great a way to support a small business in Ukraine. You can find MySat's products at https://www.mysatkit.com/
And the latest firmware code at https://github.com/MySatKit

Jeff Geerling's video about cubesats can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvN3sE2Nv4U

And more information about cubesats can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSat

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