The Experiment Acceptance Review - Part 1
The Experiment Acceptance Review or EAR was a key point of the experiment testing. It was a one-day crash test where every single piece...
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mrgboucher
Nov 10, 20212 min read
Shaking our experiment to pieces
Last month has been incredibly busy for the team. We just had our Experiment Acceptance Review. It went well. This was the last review...
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mrgboucher
Oct 1, 20212 min read
Wrapping things up
It has been some time since I, Mathias, wrote anything here. But now that we are working on finishing the experiment for our Experiment...
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mrgboucher
Sep 20, 20214 min read
Rise of the tape springs Part 2
Hej Hej everyone, my name is Leon Messmer, I am an exchange student from the University of Bristol and I joined the B2D2 team 3 weeks...
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mrgboucher
Sep 10, 20213 min read
The ejection mechanism assembly
Hello Everyone, It is Arjun here again - this time to speak a bit about how the flight ejection mechanism is being assembled at the...
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mrgboucher
Sep 3, 20211 min read
Environmental testing
Hello everyone. This is Andreas again, I designed and manufactured some of the electronics that will be used for the experiment. Today,...
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mrgboucher
Aug 24, 20212 min read
The gimbal measurement system
Hej everyone, this is Jack ! At the end of april me and a group of six other students started to help B2D2 with the three axis...
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mrgboucher
Jul 12, 20212 min read
Magnetometer sensors news
Hello everyone, this is Leo! After a long wait here comes some updates on the magnetometer sensors. The sensors Back in April we shipped...
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mrgboucher
Jul 2, 20212 min read
Inventing the reaction wheel
The long and bumpy road of reaction wheel manufacturing finally came to an end. We had six housings available of which only one was...
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mrgboucher
Jun 17, 20212 min read
ADCS testing part 1
ADCS: what is it? ADCS stands for Attitude Determination and Control System. It is one of the most crucial subsystems in a spacecraft....
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mrgboucher
May 24, 20213 min read
Rise of the tape springs
Hello Everyone! With the advent of spring here in beautiful Sweden, there is no better time to talk about springs of our own: Our...
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mrgboucher
May 17, 20212 min read
Testing in microgravity – GOLS testing part 2
Hej hej everyone! Danai here again, this time to talk about the results of the very interesting GOLS (Gravity offloading system) test...
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B2D2
Apr 18, 20213 min read
Turning the things that turn the FFU turned out to be harder than expected
Hello Everyone! Marci here with some news from the workshop. We are working on two major parts of the free flying unit (FFU), the...
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B2D2
Mar 10, 20213 min read
The First Drop Test (Decoded)
Hello everyone! Diogo here with some analysis of the first drop test performed on the 3rd of October 2020. As some of you may know, this...
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B2D2
Feb 10, 20212 min read
Bringing It All Together
Hello everyone! Arjun this side with the latest updates from the Systems Engineering department! I pursue an MSc in Electromagnetics,...
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B2D2
Dec 26, 20203 min read
New Year, New Beginnings
Merry Christmas to all our readers!! We are back with a new blog from the desk of B2D2 and this time, we will be showing off our newest...
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B2D2
Nov 19, 20203 min read
Hanging By A Thread (Pt. 1)
Hello people! Danai here once again to talk about the next step for our Magnetometer Boom Assembly (MBA) on the road to launch, testing!...
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B2D2
Nov 10, 20203 min read
A Life in the Cloud
Hi everyone! My name is Leonardo and I’m one of the new team members, I’ll first give a short background of myself and then I’ll tell...
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B2D2
Oct 12, 20203 min read
Falling With Style
Falling with style Hello everyone! Måns here with an update from our successful drop test last Saturday! :D Last week we performed an...
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B2D2
Oct 7, 20202 min read
Shooting out in Space
Hej everyone! Stefano here. Tired of being locked inside and want to get out? Let’s do it, be ready for ejection! Same as you, our...
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