Name | SME-SAT (SMESAT) |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 3U |
Status | cancelled |
Organisation | University of Surrey |
Institution | University |
Entity | Academic / Education |
Nation | UK |
Oneliner |
Demonstrate CubeSat platform technologies. |
Description |
The primary purpose of this spacecraft is a technology demonstrator. Each SME in the consortium will be responsible for contributing a particular spacecraft subsystem. These systems/subsystems will be integrated into a nanosatellite forming SME-SAT and allow Small to Medium Enterprises to space qualify and characterise their technologies in the environment of space. The particular payloads that will be demonstrated in this project include: High precision ADCS (Surrey), Nano-Control Moment Gyros for agility (Surrey), Gyros (Sensonor), Accelerometers (Sensonor/Theon), Star sensor (ISIS), Failure Detection, Isolation and Recovery (HSS), Power system (SystematIC design, NL), Structures (MPB), Magnetometer (LEMI), GPS (SSBV). |
Sources | [1] [2] |
Photo Sources | [1] |
Last modified: 2022-12-29
Detailed SME-SAT entry in the Database
Full Nanosats Database (much more data)