The SSETI Association looks for dedicated
enthusiasts, teams and universities to join the new
project. The project will be about creating a swarm
of small sub-satellites to be deployed from
a Cubesat.
The Teams selected from this call will focus on
creating the main CubeSat from which the
sub-satellites will be deployed. This will involve
being responsible from the design phase to
construction and testing. The full project deadline
will be mid 2010. After this preparations will be
made for the launch and operation campaign
where representatives of each team will take part
in. The launch date will be depending on the
availability of launch opportunities in the
months after the project deadline. Four
sub-satellites proposals will be selected from
this call.
The dimensions of these will be circa 4x4.5x9 cm
and can house any experiment you may think of.
These sub-satellites will be deployed from the main
satellite once in orbit and will communicate with
the main satellite to relay the data back to earth.
These teams will have to work closely with the
teams working on the main CubeSat regarding the
communication interfaces, mass/volume budget and
deployment mechanisms. All Teams will be
responsible in putting in the time for
the reassigned area or subsystems and to acquiring
the required hardware where required. SSETI in turn
will provide for this project
support,infrastructure, legal advice, reviews,
opportunity, pr, coordination for integration,
coordination for systems test and will look
for co-sponsors to achieve the testing campaign
tasks and to find launch opportunities.
Please check the new
SSETIsite
for further details and contact info.
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