PIS IN SPACE!

The number of Raspberry Pis orbiting the earth is about to increase. Thanks to everyone who helped me make this video, over the past year! I learned a LOT (especially how much I don't know) about CubeSats, Ground Stations, amateur radio for space, and more. Mentioned in this video: - SilverSat: https://silversat.org - Build a CubeSat: https://www.youtube.com/@buildacubesat - CubeSat TEMPEST: https://ethoslabs.space - Tim Fowler's CubeSat Collection on Level 2 Jeff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woO0w92YuC0 - Saveitforparts: https://www.youtube.com/@saveitforparts - RASCube: https://www.robinson-aerospace.com - MySat: https://www.mysatkit.com - GASPACS: https://artsci.usu.edu/physics/gas/projects/gaspacs - Mark Rober's SatGus: https://space.crunchlabs.com - Astro Pi: https://astro-pi.org Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy Merch: https://www.redshirtjeff.com 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GeerlingEngineering 3rd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Level2Jeff Contents: 00:00 - Pis in Space! 01:14 - CubeSat 101 04:08 - Engineering challenges 06:48 - MySat 07:47 - RASCube 08:43 - Build a CubeSat 09:16 - CubeSat T.E.M.P.E.S.T. 11:04 - SilverSat 12:27 - Dave and Leticia 15:10 - CubeSat Launch Initiative 17:09 - The mission is just beginning 18:14 - Why Raspberry Pi? 19:49 - Pi security on orbit 21:12 - Radio communications 22:42 - Tracking sats from Earth with saveitforparts 26:16 - What frequency?