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| Israeli Student-Built Satellite Launched into Space | |
| 2019-12-12 | |
The satellite successfully blasted off into space aboard a PSLV-C48 rocket from the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) Sriharikota launch site. Duchifat-3, the third satellite in the Duchifat satellite series, is an experimental and educational spacecraft developed by high school students at the Space Laboratory of the Herzliya Science Centre (HSC) and students from the Sha’ar HaNegev High school in Israel’s southern region. Alongside its educational purpose, the Duchifat-3 has two missions which will be carried out in parallel, featuring an on-board camera for earth imaging and a radio transponder for communication missions. The satellite images will be used for ecological research. The Duchifat-3 satellite is small in size and weight, measuring only 10x10x30 centimeters and weighing only 2.3 kilograms. The students worked on the project for nearly two and a half years, during which they designed the satellite, programmed its software and put it through rigorous tests until they were certain it was prepared for launch. During their work, the students faced various scientific and technological challenges including the preparation of the satellite for its scientific mission, managing its energy resources, communications system, and more. Additionally, the satellite must be stabilized in space for successful space-borne photography, a complex task that requires control of the satellite’s position in orbit. | |
| Posted by:John Frum |
| #4 The thing where we fling up each others' sats is a friendly exchange mostly. Also, sensor comms and control parameter ranging between payload, launch buss and multiple mission controls are multi-lingual normalized and exercised preflight. Something team MUSK did/could not do. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-12-12 16:16 |
| #3 Israel's actually leading in the mid-east space race. The Beresheet thingy didn't go so well like ours, but both our guys in goggle glasses press on, for that unwinnable dark yonder. The thing where we fling up each others' sats is a friendly exchange mostly. We actually benefit more in the relationship; from their freely shared Israeli innovation and engineering skills, top notch intelligence and support activities, discounted SOTA hardware. The best part is they're the only ones we deal with who are not arseholes about procedure. Every exchange is kept almost informally fraternal. The Langley goombahs and MI6 flat tops often wonder how so much gets accomplished so fast and with zero hassles with Israelis. They bring zero 'baggage' to the job. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-12-12 15:37 |
| #2 They do, Mercutio. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-12-12 15:17 |
| #1 Doesn't Isreal have its own space program? If not, why not? |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2019-12-12 09:28 |