STUDSAT
| STUDSAT | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Technology testing satellite |
| Country: |
 India
|
| Operator: | some Indian universities |
| COSPAR-ID : | 2010-035B |
| Mission dates | |
| Dimensions: | 1 kg |
| Begin: | July 12, 2010 at 03:52 UTC |
| Starting place: | SHAR SLP |
| Launcher: | PSLV-CA C-15 |
| Flight duration: | 6 months (planned) |
| Status: | inactive |
| Orbit data | |
| Rotation time : | 96.8 min |
| Orbit inclination : | 98.0 ° |
| Apogee height : | 623.8 km |
| Perigee height : | 604.1 km |
STUDSAT (short for stud ent Sat ellite) was an Indian Cubesat which of several Indian universities was developed. His task was to shoot monochrome images of the earth with a resolution of 94 meters, which would then be used for vegetation and terrain mapping.
target
The main goal is that Indian students can experience the manufacturing and realization of a space mission at a minimum of experience.
The specialty of this project is that it was initiated by students and led with them with the support of ISRO . The students come from seven engineering colleges in Hyderabad and Bangalore .
Furnishing
STUDSAT is built on a CubeSat 1U structure. The satellite has a CMOS camera on board.
It is powered by batteries and solar cells.
begin
STUDSAT was 12 July 2010 on a PSLV - launcher along with Cartosat-2B , Alsat-2A , Aïssat-1 and TIsat-1 from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in a low earth orbit brought, but gave no signals from the satellite.
Web links
- STUDSAT at Gunter's Space Page (English).
- STUDSAT on the ISRO homepage (English).
- Orbit data according to N2YO (English).
- Small documentation about the satellite on YouTube .