Abstract South Africa’s first satellite, SUNSAT, has led to a network of space activities in South Africa, including the formation of a new commercial micro-satellite organisation, Sun Space & Information Systems (Pty) Ltd, as a spin-off company of the University of Stellenbosch. The SUNSAT satellite was a graduate student-developed project, and included a NASA GPS receiver for occultation research, laser reflectors, magnetometers, star cameras, amateur radio communications, and a 15-m resolution, 3456 pixel, 3-band, stereo-capable push broom imager, and a live PAL TV downlink. As OSCAR-35 (SO-35), SUNSAT’s amateur radio FM audio transponders provided excellent performance.
SUNSAT to SunSpace: Meeting the Needs of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation
2002-01-01
9 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
Technology Transfer , Field Programmable Gate Array , Short Messaging Service , Small Satellite , South African Government Engineering , Automotive Engineering , Business and Management, general , Computer Science, general , Ecotoxicology , Astronomy, Observations and Techniques , Social Sciences, general
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