AALTO-1 earth observation cubesat mission - Educational outcomes

Rapid development of Earth Observation technology and increasing awareness of global challenges has increased the need for lean and agile space missions and calls for a new generation of engineers to design them. Miniaturization of sensor technology and electronics has decreased the weight of a sate...

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Published in2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) pp. 1340 - 1343
Main Authors Praks, J., Kestila, A., Tikka, T., Leppinen, H., Khurshid, O., Hallikainen, M.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.07.2015
Subjects
Collaboration
Documentation
Earth
Education
Payloads
Satellites
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Summary:Rapid development of Earth Observation technology and increasing awareness of global challenges has increased the need for lean and agile space missions and calls for a new generation of engineers to design them. Miniaturization of sensor technology and electronics has decreased the weight of a satellite, which has brought launch prices to the reach of educational institutes and smaller countries. This is recognized in many universities where nanosatellite projects are used for education. A standard, called CubeSat, has been driving the development and become the most popular development platform for university space projects [1].
ISSN:2153-6996
2153-7003
DOI:10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7326023