Session
Technical Session XI: Poster Session
Abstract
The Astronaut Deployable Satellite (ADSAT) is an educational satellite being designed and built by faculty, local engineers, and students at Weber State University. The ADSAT is our third satellite project after the success of two others, NUSAT I (Challenger April 85) and WEBERSAT-OSCAR 18 (Ariane-Jan 90. The ADSAT is designed to be tossed into space by an astronaut. The 16" X 16" X 4" AnSAT is self-contained and is designed to ride into space in a mid-deck stowage locker on the shuttle. When launch is desired, the astronaut removes the AnSAT from the locker and carries it outside. The astronaut then deploys the antennas and throws the ADSAT into space. The ADSAT is designed to send to Earth voice messages concerning onboard experiments. The voice messages will be generated by an onboard speech synthesizer that verbally relays the data to low-cost scanners on the ground. ADSAT is being designed to be thrown in a couple of years if NASA will agree to the concept.
Astronaut Deployable Satellite
The Astronaut Deployable Satellite (ADSAT) is an educational satellite being designed and built by faculty, local engineers, and students at Weber State University. The ADSAT is our third satellite project after the success of two others, NUSAT I (Challenger April 85) and WEBERSAT-OSCAR 18 (Ariane-Jan 90. The ADSAT is designed to be tossed into space by an astronaut. The 16" X 16" X 4" AnSAT is self-contained and is designed to ride into space in a mid-deck stowage locker on the shuttle. When launch is desired, the astronaut removes the AnSAT from the locker and carries it outside. The astronaut then deploys the antennas and throws the ADSAT into space. The ADSAT is designed to send to Earth voice messages concerning onboard experiments. The voice messages will be generated by an onboard speech synthesizer that verbally relays the data to low-cost scanners on the ground. ADSAT is being designed to be thrown in a couple of years if NASA will agree to the concept.
