### **About AlbertaSat**

AlbertaSat is a group of volunteer students based out of the University of Alberta that designs, builds, tests, and operates Cube Satellites. These “CubeSats” pack a powerful punch, fitting all the typical systems required of a spacecraft, alongside student-built scientific payloads and technology demonstrations, on a satellite the size of a loaf of bread. Through the end-to-end design and execution of space missions, AlbertaSat trains students to become Highly Qualified Personnel, prepared to enter the Canadian space sector.

![Volunteer Students](https://static.alumniq.com/ualberta/prod/crowdfunding/2025/1751314805822.JPG)

### **Ex-Alta 3: Next on the Launchpad!**

According to the Government of Canada, Canada’s snow cover fraction has decreased between 5% and 10% every decade since 1981. Decreasing ice and snow coverage lowers Earth’s surface albedo, which contributes to harmful changes in global temperatures. In an effort to support research efforts in snow and ice monitoring, AlbertaSat is developing Ex-Alta 3, our fifth CubeSat project to date! Ex-Alta 3 houses a student-designed multispectral imager to monitor ice and snow coverage in Canada. Using the same imager, Ex-Alta 3 will also contribute to wildfire research in the summer months, by monitoring vegetation in at-risk and post-burn areas. Alongside our imager, Ex-Alta 3 hosts a UofA designed magnetometer, that will study Earth’s magnetic fields and the effects of space weather. Our imager, magnetometer and other satellite components will be tested, integrated and assembled by AlbertaSat students at our labs in Edmonton, Alberta.

![Ex-Alta 3](https://static.alumniq.com/ualberta/prod/crowdfunding/2025/1751314744210.png)

### **Send Your Name to Space!** 

We would love to take you along Ex-Alta 3’s journey in space! A silicon chip etched with the names of eligible donors will be placed on the exterior of the satellite, before it is launched.  Donors contributing $100 or more will have the opportunity to submit one name. Contributions of $200 or more will allow for three names to be submitted!

![Previous donor chip](https://static.alumniq.com/ualberta/prod/crowdfunding/2025/1751315015623.png)

### **Your Impact**

Projects like Ex-Alta 3 are only made possible through the generosity of our donors. Your support will meaningfully impact Ex-Alta 3 and the AlbertaSat team, by enabling us to obtain critical components and supplies necessary for the completion of the satellite. As well, a portion of funds raised through this campaign will be used to support our award winning Outreach program. Examples of how your donations impact our work are shown below:

| **Donation Amount** | **Gets Us...** |
| --------------- | ---------- |
| $10 | Bag of screws |
| $25 | Roll of solder wire |
| $50 | Aluminum Stock for Imager |
| $100 | Solar Panel Circuit Board |
| $500 | CubeSat Structure |
| $1,000 | GPS Chip |

**Through supporting the completion of this mission, your contributions will:**

* Enable Ex-Alta 3 to meaningfully contribute open data for climate change research efforts. Our student-designed imager will support research on ice and snow coverage, as well as wildfire research, through the monitoring of at-risk and post burn vegetation.
* Empower the next generation of Canadian space talent. AlbertaSat aims to be the lowest barrier of entry to the space sector, particularly for Albertan students. As a result of experience gained through AlbertaSat, alumni have gone on to work for the Canadian Space Agency, MDA Space, Rocket Lab and other major players in the Canadian space sector.
* Support our award-winning Outreach program. To inspire future scientists and engineers, we offer hands-on multidisciplinary sessions for students in grades K-12, with a focus on space science. Our Outreach program has reached over 14,000 students and members of the public.
* Maintain student access to space. Through the development of open-source designs, the work carried out on Ex-Alta 3 can be used not only by future generations of AlbertaSat, but by other CubeSat teams around the world.

### **![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfgx3fvkL0uxy9NKMTOiq-zbtuRsITJfluKmfibzPS_VqQSZN6x41hilkCdBOWoUoR3hfst17rIzk2Lh9LmxE3nF27716pjGtGgW74oNNUKTt-QGbNxjqe2JxCP23YBR6cvqgtujQ?key=Lgh9RsxzLgtdr7RbeUVZpg)**

<strong>\*\*To learn more about AlbertaSat and our missions, please visit [albertasat.ca](https://albertasat.ca/)\*\*</strong>

Send Your Name to Space with Ex-Alta 3!

Ends On: September 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM MDT