Difference between revisions of "Project:HackSat One"
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| − | + | HackSat1 is a [http://kicksat.org|KickSat] sprite and is due to launch some time in early 2013. | |
| + | The dev kit is due May 2012. Speak to [[User:Flux|Flux]] if you're interested in getting involved. | ||
== First Steps == | == First Steps == | ||
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* radio: we can transmit what and when we like (subject to solar power) but data rate is only a few bits per second | * radio: we can transmit what and when we like (subject to solar power) but data rate is only a few bits per second | ||
| − | "For sensors, basically they have to be packaged in a tiny SMT chip and not use too much power (no more than a few mW). We don't have a list yet, but one example of something that would work is this magnetometer: http://dlnmh9ip6v2uc.cloudfront.net/datasheets/Sensors/Magneto/HMC5883L-FDS.pdf" | + | ''"For sensors, basically they have to be packaged in a tiny SMT chip and not use too much power (no more than a few mW). We don't have a list yet, but one example of something that would work is this magnetometer: http://dlnmh9ip6v2uc.cloudfront.net/datasheets/Sensors/Magneto/HMC5883L-FDS.pdf"'' |
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== The Orbit == | == The Orbit == | ||
| − | "While we don't know the orbit, we're aiming for a circular low altitude LEO - around 300 km. altitude. That would mean a roughly 90 minute orbit with several daylight passes per day (usually 3 or 4 over any given location). Each pass would be somewhere around 5 minutes long." | + | ''"While we don't know the orbit, we're aiming for a circular low altitude LEO - around 300 km. altitude. That would mean a roughly 90 minute orbit with several daylight passes per day (usually 3 or 4 over any given location). Each pass would be somewhere around 5 minutes long."'' |
== Payload == | == Payload == | ||