Title :
The SUNSAT microsatellite programme, concepts, progress, and opportunities
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Stellenbosch Univ., South Africa
Abstract :
SUNSAT is being developed by Stellenbosch University (South Africa) staff and students as an auxiliary payload for an Ariane launch in January 1995. It will carry digital and analog amateur radio payloads. A precision attitude control system and a 20-m-resolution pushbroom imager will permit tricolor stereographic imaging on the same pass for environmental monitoring and three dimensional terrain mapping
Keywords :
artificial satellites; 20-m-resolution pushbroom imager; Ariane launch; SUNSAT microsatellite programme; South Africa; Stellenbosch University; analog amateur radio payloads; attitude control system; digital amateur radio payloads; environmental monitoring; three dimensional terrain mapping; tricolor stereographic imaging; Africa; Consumer electronics; Electronics industry; Ham radios; Image resolution; Monitoring; Payloads; Satellite broadcasting; Space technology; Terrain mapping;
Conference_Titel :
AFRICON '92 Proceedings., 3rd AFRICON Conference
Conference_Location :
Ezulwini Valley
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0835-2
DOI :
10.1109/AFRCON.1992.624497
