ERPSat01 Spacecraft

Educational training for students plus camera to capture images to detect forest fires.

Educational objectives: collaboration and contacts with industry, universities and other CubeSat groups; insight into the system engineering process and team dynamics; deeper understanding of subjects.

Scientific and research objectives: technology demonstration and validation for space application; communication link for pico satellite; space discovering using pictures taken by the camera on board the satellite; attitude determination. Its main missions are to capture images of the earth in order to help protecting the environment from forest fires and also to be used for cartography and providing communication in non covered Tunisian areas.