CubeSat Kit

Pumpkin CEO Dr. Andrew Kalman is also a Consulting Professor at Stanford University and leads the Space & Systems Development Lab (SSDL) in Stanford's department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Recently, KQED and wired.com (both in San Francisco) visited SSDL to report on the CubeSat activities there. You can find KQED's Quest radio story and wired.com's video story online.

Pumpkin will be present for all four days at the CubeSat Developers' workshop. Nearly 40% of the presenters in the technical sessions are CubeSat Kit customers. Dr. Kalman's two-part talk is entitled "The CubeSat Kit Hinge System & Designing your own CSK PPM" and is available online.

Pumpkin is currently soliciting suggestions for future CSK Pluggable Processor Modules (PPMs). Email your suggestions to ppmvote [at] cubesatkit [dot] com.

Pumpkin's first two XS-25a satellite assemblies have been delivered to the customer. They are now undergoing payload integration at the customer's facilities.

Pumpkin's MISC 2 is a general-purpose payload carrier in the 3U CubeSat format, with deployable panels, 3-axis stabilization and a payload volume of approximately 1500cc. The first two MISC 2 units have passed NASA GEVS vibration tests and are nearing delivery to the customer as the first two XS-25a satellites.

Pumpkin Space integrates CubeSat Kit and other components into complete flight-ready spacecraft assemblies. MISC 2 is the first product from Pumpkin Space.

Pumpkin has delivered the The first CubeSat Kits with Rev D electronics to customers. These include MSP430-based systems and the new C8051F120-based CubeSat Kits for customers who prefer to use 8051 processors with the Keil C51 toolset.

The Rev D electronics -- announced at the Small Satellite Conference in August of 2008 -- employs a pluggable processor architecture. Pumpkin currently provides processor modules using TI's MSP430 and Silicon Labs' C8051 processors. Additional processor modules are planned.