Print
0 Comments 08.05.2013, 08:23 clock | Andreas Lerg
At the heart of this lies a nano-satellite smartphone as a control computer. (Source: NASA Ames)
See more room tips class=”Tlll Tlult”>
NASA explored in the context of the program “Small Spacecraft” ways how to use small and inexpensive as possible spacecraft. For this reason, NASA shot two HTC Nexus One smartphone and a Samsung Nexus S with an Antares rocket into low-Earth orbit of 240 km altitude.
From there sparked the so-called three PhoneSats “Alexander”, “Graham” and “Bell” images back to Earth and beamed from Funkpeilsignale. Received by radio amateurs worldwide and reported to NASA. So the project group could track the positions of the satellites in real-time and post them on a map. After nearly ten days finally the satellite burned up during re-scheduled entry into the atmosphere.
photo show :: The smartphone NASA satellite.
6 of 8 images
smartphones as favorable nano-satellite
NASA but not three smartphones has taken unchanged from the packaging and launched into space. The three smartphones served as the central control computer for the satellites. In addition, the PhoneSats were equipped with a more powerful battery and radio. The phone and SMS functions of smartphones disabled the space engineer.
NASA made a point of only commercially available materials for smartphone satellite to use. Thus, the technician used a piece of a metal tape measure as a high frequency antenna. The finished PhoneSats have a cube-shaped outer shell, are only ten inches high and weigh about one kilogram.
computer video
Smart Phone Apps for photographing
Without telephoto lens and professional flash: So get with appropriate apps everything out of the smartphone snapping. the video
Bruce Yost, manager of the Small Spacecraft program explains in a video: “The PhoneSat program explores new and unique ways to build small satellites.” The goal is to build satellites with commercial material “off the shelf” (off the shelf) for under 8000 euro target. The three PhoneSats eventually only cost 2600-5400 Euros.
swarm of nano-satellites
According
Jasper Wolfe, chief engineer of the PhoneSat project could soon very cheap, a whole swarm of satellites into orbit in this manner and provide a very dense network of measurement data. In this way, very accurate models of the Earth’s atmosphere, for example, could create.
smartphone mission a success
NASA was using the experiment to examine the space qualification of smartphones, very satisfied. Michael Gazarik, responsible for Space Technology at NASA, said in a press release: “Smartphones offer a wealth of abilities to control economic, yet powerful satellites for atmospheric research, the study of the earth, communication tasks, or other applications in the universe.” Smartphones also would enable a new generation of commercial, academic and civil space projects.
Source: Andreas Lerg
Homepage
shopping
See more room tips class=”Tlll Tlult”>
!
sending
To the Editors
No comments:
Post a Comment