BLUESat
BLUESat [UNSW] |
BLUESat (Basic Low Earth Orbit University of New South Wales Experiment Satellite) is a small student-built satellite project, which is conducted at the University of New South Wales, Australia.
The spacecraft is based on the bus and will carry a GPS receiver, an imager and the Lexan material experiment.
The BLUEsat Lexan Experiment is to test the UV resistance and durability of a piece of specially coated Lexan. The specimen will be housed inside a Aluminium tube, a UV sensor will be located behind the Lexan. The satellite will be subjected to constant UV bombardment in low earth orbit, and BLUEsat will transmit the UV sensor reading as part of its telemetry, available for everybody to download.
Launch as a piggy-back payload is planned for 2005.
| Nation: | Australia |
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| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | University of New South Wales |
| Contractors: | University of New South Wales |
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| Configuration: | Amsat-NA Microsat |
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| Satellite | Date | LS | Launcher | Remarks: | |
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| BLUESat | ? | with ? |
Source: BLUESat website