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Project SunbYte

Sheffield University Nova Balloon Telescope

SunbYte iterations

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SunbYte I 
Sunbyte two launch
SunbYte II 
Project sunbyte launch
SunbYte III 
Sunbyte two launch

SunbYte IV

Information on SunbYte IV
Cardboard prototype

TerrabYte

The Ground-Based version of SunbYte
CSBF team preparing the payload

SunbYte V

Information about SunbYte V

News

The Sunbyte V and MHAB teams at ESA's 2025 BEXUS workshop
SunbYte V team at ESA

SunbYte and MHAB presentation at the European Space Agency

The SunbYte team were invited to present their high-altitude balloon project at ESA's BEXUS workshop in Noordwijk, Netherlands, along with our collaborators from the Monash High Altitude Balloon project in Australia
CSBF team preparing the payload

SunbYte IV progress update

The design phase of the fourth edition of SunbYte is reaching completion.
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Revolutionary solar telescope selected for launch with NASA

The University of Sheffield news article about SunbYte III being accepted by HASP NASA.
Sunbyte poster for the European Space Agency's symposium

MSc EEE Student Gianni Heung awarded Croucher Foundation Grant

MSc EEE Student Ms Gianni Heung received a grant of HKD 50,000 from Croucher Foundation to support her MSc Capstone project supervised by Dr Wilton Fok.

Published by the University of Hong Kong
A group of secondary school students working on a task set by project sunbyte
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Project SunbYte overview

SunbYte (Sheffield University Nova Balloon Telescope) is the only UK project to win the prestigious Rocket and Balloon Experiments for University Students (REXUS/BEXUS) competition.

About the project
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