In Fall 2019, we achieved a couple of key milestones for the Brown Space Engineering team. Our R&D team pivoted to amateur rocketry and we settled into a new workroom. We formally presented research from EQUiSat, continued monitoring the satellite, elected a new generation of leaders, and most importantly, submitted the launch […]
BSE Fall 2018 Update
This fall, we’ve had the unreal pleasure of listening to the satellite we built transmit from space. But we aren’t resting on EQUiSat’s success – it’s propelling us into a new chapter of the club’s history. We’ve increased our number of active members since last year and launched our third […]
EQUiSat Deployed on July 13, 2018
PROVIDENCE, RI, 07/17/18 — Brown Space Engineering (BSE), a team of Brown University undergraduate students, is very excited to announce the successful deployment of our first satellite, EQUiSat. EQUiSat was launched to the International Space Station as cargo in resupply mission OA-9 on May 21st. On July 13th, the astronauts […]
BSE 2017 Summer Update
An assembled EQUiSat posing for the camera before heading off to testing. A lot has happened in the past semester at Brown’s fledgling space program. Since our last newsletter, we’ve put together EQUiSat, performed comprehensive vibration testing on the assembly, and launched our first high altitude balloon with a 360-degree [...]