Session
Session VII: University Programs
Abstract
The Student Space Exploration and Technology Initiative (SSETI) was started by the European Space Agency (ESA) Education Department to help students in building and launching satellites. Though originally concentrated around a single satellite project the SSETI programme now encompasses three satellite projects. These projects include over 25 universities from 14 European countries and Canada enabling currently around 400 students from 50 subsystem teams to gain experience in all aspects of satellite design, building, launching and in orbit mission control. Currently three projects are being worked on, well representing the past, the current and the future projects within the SSETI programme. These are the SSETI EXPRESS, the SSETI European Student Earth Orbiter (ESEO) and the SSETI European Student Moon Orbiter (ESMO) satellite projects. This paper will describe the management tools used in the SSETI projects as well as give a technical overview of the three satellites projects and present the results from the EXPRESS project.
Presentation Slides
SSETI – Past, Present and Future
The Student Space Exploration and Technology Initiative (SSETI) was started by the European Space Agency (ESA) Education Department to help students in building and launching satellites. Though originally concentrated around a single satellite project the SSETI programme now encompasses three satellite projects. These projects include over 25 universities from 14 European countries and Canada enabling currently around 400 students from 50 subsystem teams to gain experience in all aspects of satellite design, building, launching and in orbit mission control. Currently three projects are being worked on, well representing the past, the current and the future projects within the SSETI programme. These are the SSETI EXPRESS, the SSETI European Student Earth Orbiter (ESEO) and the SSETI European Student Moon Orbiter (ESMO) satellite projects. This paper will describe the management tools used in the SSETI projects as well as give a technical overview of the three satellites projects and present the results from the EXPRESS project.
