SRMSAT

SRMSAT
Mission type Technology
Operator SRM University
COSPAR ID 2011-058D
Website www.srmsat.in
Mission duration 12 months (planned)
Spacecraft properties
Launch mass 10 kilograms (22 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date 12 October 2011 (2011-10-12)
Rocket PSLV C18
Launch site Satish Dhawan FLP
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Inclination 20 degrees
Period 102.1 minutes

SRMSAT is a Nanosatellite built by students at Sri Ramaswamy Memorial University(SRM University,Chennai) in India. The satellite is an Indian Technology demonstration and Earth observation satellite which will be operated by the SRM Institute of Science and Technology. This nanosatellite was used to monitor Greenhouse gases in atmosphere.

SRMSAT's primary mission was the development of a nanosatellite platform for future missions. Its secondary mission was monitoring of greenhouse gasses[1] using an Argus Spectrometer.[2]

Specifications

Launch

It was launched from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in October 2011.[4] atop a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C18 rocket. The launch was a multi-payload mission shared with Megha-Tropiques, VesselSat-1 and Jugnu.[5]

Parameters

SRMSAT[6] is controlled by a 28.8 MHz Atmel microcontroller. Communication is via Ultra high frequency (UHF), with a downlink at 437.5 MHz providing a data rate of 2.4 kbit/s and an uplink at 145.9 MHz with a 1 kbit/s data rate. Attitude control is via solar cell management system (SCDM), an on-board magnetometer and Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver that provide data for magnetorquer coils which interact with the Earth's magnetosphere to change the satellite's orientation.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "TN university plans centre for space technology". Times Of India.
  2. ↑ "Argus Infrared Spectrometers". Thoth Technology Inc.
  3. ↑ "LIVE REAL TIME SATELLITE TRACKING AND PREDICTIONS: SRMSAT". N2YO.com - Real Time Satellite Tracking and Predictions. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "PSLV-C18 carrying weather satellite launched". Times Of India.
  5. ↑ Subramanian, T. S. (12 October 2011). "PSLV-C18 puts four satellites in orbit". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "SRMSAT". NASA.

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