STUD Sat- A Student pico satellite for imaging.

Paper number

IAC-08.E2.3.4

Author

Mr. Chetan Angadi, Nitte Meenakshi Institute Of Technology., India

Coauthor

Mr. Sudeep Kc, NMIT, India

Coauthor

Mr. SHANTI SWAROOP KANDALA, JNT UNIVERSITY, India

Coauthor

Ms. shwetha prasad, R.V.College of Engineering, India

Coauthor

Ms. SWETHA KOTICHINTALA, JNT UNIVERSITY, India

Coauthor

Mr. Harish Rao Ramavaram, Kavikulguru institute of technology and sciences, India

Year

2008

Abstract

This paper will describe the overall structure of the proposed pico satellite; STUD Sat. STUD Sat is a unique and joint project which involves active participation of students from undergraduate level spread across the Indian subcontinent. The STUD Sat team will develop a working prototype Pico-satellite that conforms to the Cubesat standard of total mass less than 1 kg and dimensions of 10 x 10 x 10 cm. We will, by the end of this year, build a flight ready model of STUD Sat, after rigorous testing and verification of our design. The STUD Sat is geared for shorter mission life times of about 4 months in Sun-Synchronous Low Earth Orbit (LEO). 


The idea of student satellite program in India was proposed by Mr.Raghav  Murthy [Project Director, Small Satellite Projects, ISAC Bangalore] on the occasion of IAC 2007 at Hyderabad. The students took initiative and came up with STUD Sat project. The mission objective comprises of taking image of the parent satellite with which it is integrated and that of the earth. Tracking parent satellite and capturing its images takes complicated orbital calculations which will be performed for the first time by students. The payload consists of two cameras operating in visible spectrum, with different focal lengths. Including payload, various parts of the satellite is constructed using components which are commercially available (COTS), hence reducing the cost of the whole project.


The satellite will be launched into its orbit as a piggy backed payload. After certain set of predetermined parameters are met, the pico satellite is injected into its orbit. During its injection, one of the cameras will capture the images of the parent satellite. As the image of the parent satellite is taken once, this camera is shutdown and the control is transferred to another camera which is pointing towards earth. The modul operandi of communication will be directly to earth with its own ground station. The ground station is completely built by students and is located in one of the campuses. The complete satellite will be built by us in our own campus and the launch will be shared with a satellite of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).



This is an educational project in which undergraduate students can experience the whole cycle of a space project, including mission conceptualization, satellite design, fabrication, ground test and feedbacks of the results, launch and operation providing an excellent platform to explore the latest trends in space technology and materializing their imaginations to reality.

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