Session
Technical Session I: Hardware In Space
Abstract
The ASTRID microsatellite (27 kg) was built and launched to demonstrate that "good science" can be done with a microsatellite. It has deployable solar panels to provide plenty of power, a high downlink data rate and a flexible structure design to provide a good field-of-view for the scientific sensors. The satellite was developed and launched in 15 months at a total cost of $1.4 million and has provided pioneering imagery of energetic neutral particles in the earth's magnetisphere.
ASTRID: An Attempt to Make the Microsatellite a Useful Tool for Space Science
The ASTRID microsatellite (27 kg) was built and launched to demonstrate that "good science" can be done with a microsatellite. It has deployable solar panels to provide plenty of power, a high downlink data rate and a flexible structure design to provide a good field-of-view for the scientific sensors. The satellite was developed and launched in 15 months at a total cost of $1.4 million and has provided pioneering imagery of energetic neutral particles in the earth's magnetisphere.
