Session
Technical Session XI: Education
Abstract
Galassia is a 2U Cubesat, which is currently developed by undergraduate students at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Galassia is the first NUS Cubesat, and is planned to be launched on the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) developed by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) between September - December 2015. The Cubesat will be launched into a near equatorial orbit with an altitude of 550 km and an inclination of 15°. There are many educational and scientific objectives in this project. The educational objectives are for students to gain hands-on experience with real hardware and software integrations, to design and verify Cubesat system mechanisms, to test some in-house developed devices, and to work and integrate the two scientific experiments into the Cubesat.
Presentation
Galassia System and Mission
Galassia is a 2U Cubesat, which is currently developed by undergraduate students at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Galassia is the first NUS Cubesat, and is planned to be launched on the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) developed by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) between September - December 2015. The Cubesat will be launched into a near equatorial orbit with an altitude of 550 km and an inclination of 15°. There are many educational and scientific objectives in this project. The educational objectives are for students to gain hands-on experience with real hardware and software integrations, to design and verify Cubesat system mechanisms, to test some in-house developed devices, and to work and integrate the two scientific experiments into the Cubesat.
