Name | SpIRIT (Space Industry – Responsive – Intelligent – Thermal) |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 6U |
Mass in kg | 11.5 kg |
Status | not launched, expected in 2023 |
Organisation | University of Melbourne |
Institution | University |
Entity | Academic / Education |
Nation | Australia |
Manufacturer | AIVT by Inovor |
Operator | Inovor |
Partners | University of Melbourne’s Physics and Engineering Schools, Sitael Australia, Inovor Technologies, Neumann Space, Nova Systems |
Costs | $2.8M grant for the project. |
Oneliner |
Demonstrator cubesat carrying an X-ray detector and propulsion system. |
Description |
Demonstrator cubesat carrying an X-ray detector provided by the Italian Space Agency and innovative Australian-made technologies including sophisticated on-board computers and radios, and our miniaturised electric propulsion system. It will run a suite of powerful scientific instruments, cameras, guidance systems, communication antennae, on-board computers with artificial intelligence capabilities, and even its own electric propulsion thruster.
University of Melbourne’s Physics and Engineering Schools, Sitael Australia, Inovor Technologies, Neumann Space, and Nova Systems, with support from the Italian and United Kingdom Space Agencies (UK in an advisory role). |
Sources | [1] [2] [3] |
Photo sources | [1] [2] [3] |
COTS subsystems |
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Keywords | Propulsion |
Last modified: 2023-06-09
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