SOEST Open House is Coming

Lance yoneshige@hsfl.hawaii.edu/ September 20, 2017/ 2017, News

HSFL will be participating in the biennial Open House for the School of Ocean Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) on October 20 and 21 on the UH Manoa campus. Various hands-on activities and demonstrations for all ages will feature the research conducted in the various institutes, centers, laboratories, and programs that are part of SOEST. This event is free and

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Student Team Project Wins Award

Lance yoneshige@hsfl.hawaii.edu/ May 26, 2017/ 2017, News, Student Projects

The CubeSat Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS) Testing and Validation Team placed 4th in the ASME Hawaii Francis Rhodes Montgomery Design Competition. Their project involved the design and construction of an assembly for testing and validation of the ADCS of a 3U CubeSat under development at HSFL. The test assembly incorporates a spherical air bearing and balancing mechanisms for co-locating

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HSFL at NASA Technology Infusion Road Tour

Lance yoneshige@hsfl.hawaii.edu/ January 6, 2017/ 2017, News

HSFL representatives will be attending the NASA Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Serving Institutions (HBCUs/MSIs) Technology Infusion Road Tour being hosted by NASA’s Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP), in collaboration with the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) and the Office of Education (OE) at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. The event runs from January 10-12. More information may be found

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Timothy Williams named Outstanding Employee of the Year

Lance yoneshige@hsfl.hawaii.edu/ March 11, 2016/ News

In an awards ceremony today, Mr. Timothy Williams was named the RCUH 2015 Outstanding Employee of the Year. Williams was nominated and awarded for his work overseeing and executing the design, installation, qualification and operation of the world’s largest rail launcher system, which was used for the ORS-4 launch on November 3, 2015. The launcher weighs approximately 210,000 lbs with

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ORS-4 HSFL Launch Available Online

Amber Imai-Hong/ October 30, 2015/ News

Live stream of the launch will be provided by the University of Hawaii’s Media Team. The public can access the live feed through this link: http://spaceflightnow.com/live/ To view updates on the launch schedule, follow this link: https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/

HSFL to Launch

Amber Imai-Hong/ August 6, 2015/ 2015, News

The Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory will launch their first microsatellite, HiakaSat, from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the island of Kaua`i. HiakaSat, part of the HawaiiSat-1 Mission and ORS-4 Mission, is scheduled to launch in the last few months of 2015. Garden Isle News article here.

Seminar Oct 16th, 2013 @ 4:30PM: Frequency Planning 101

Amber Imai-Hong/ October 12, 2013/ News

Event Information Guest Speaker: Arthur Feller (W4ART) Date/Time: Wednesday, October 16th, 2013 @ 4:30PM Location: POST 723 (UH Manoa, 1680 East-West Rd.) Parking: After 4PM, $6 for upper campus parking – Purchase a parking ticket at any guard booth Maps: See our contact page for a map to POST RSVP: Now closed. Synopsis Are you interested in developing wireless systems such as

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Funding Awarded for New Addition to the HSFL Satellite System Testing Facility

Miguel Nunes/ May 30, 2012/ News

HSFL has been awarded a new grant for ~$765,000 from the FY 2012 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) toward the purchase and installation of a state-of-the-art Attitude Control System Test Bed. This test bed simulates the space environment using different simulators with a high degree of precision for sensor inputs: load free (equivalent to zero gravity testing), sun luminescence,

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Top Honors from ISCOPS for HSFL Graduate Student

Miguel Nunes/ May 18, 2012/ News

Miguel Nunes (ME/HSFL) was awarded First Place Gold in the PhD Level of the International Student Paper Competition in conjunction with the 13th International Space Conference of Pacific-basin Societies (ISCOPS) held May 15-18, 2012 in Kyoto, Japan. Nunes earned 58/60 points and a unanimous win from the four judges (two from Japan, one from China, and one from U.S.) with his

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