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Summaries of UTAT SS Payload team-wide meetings in reverse chronological order posted here. Detailed meeting notes linked in sub-pages. Subsystem-specific meetings posted elsewhere. Database linked below contains miscellaneous and incidental meetings related to PAY engineering.
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Resolution on Science & Data Processing Involvement within UTAT SS for Summer 2026
2026-04-27 Discussion with UTATSS admin on a resolution of both parties’ interests
2026-04-13 Initial meeting to discuss pivot to independent complimentary research
Conduct a preliminary survey to determine who will be available to work on UTAT throughout Summer 2026 and in what capacity. Determine how long leads are planning to stay for and interviews should be conducted. Goal: assemble a project-and-execution timeline (Gantt chart) for Summer 2026 - June 2027, when the decision on CUBICS will be published.
Preliminary discussion on future meeting cadence and attendance expectations. Preliminary discussion on Mission Research Team, who will conduct M0 science research to inform a future payload concept. Mission Research Team will be structured as a subsystem, yet having at least one member from each other division as an “ambassador” to provide guidance on technical feasibility where required.
BUS and PAY reached an agreement to pursue Stream 2 CUBICS, with a BUS + LUVCam2 + ±1U “FINCH EYE”-like payload. A formal MoU outlining the terms of the partnership and the interface requirements will be developed by Chief Payload / BUS Systems Engineers throughout April and opened for discussion & revision to leads in May.
@Iliya Shofman presented their vision for the team moving forward after the vote to split into a BUS team and a PAY team was ratified in favor. The meeting notes includes contextualizes the FINCH mission within evolving circumstances, and proposes a roadmap for prototyping work and industry-academia partnerships that would position the team for a successful bid for the CUBICS 2026 grant.
Read the entire announcement of opportunity (AO) from the Canadian Space Agency’s (CSA) website here, as well as links to winners of the previous CUBICS (2022) grant cycle: