Title: Singapore to launch Satellite
Description: coming mid-2010
Description: coming mid-2010
XaberXV-25 - April 3, 2010 08:06 AM (GMT)
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| Singapore to Launch Satellite Singapore is set to launch its own domestically built satellite, X-Sat, into space in mid 2010. The 120kg micro-satellite will launch atop an Indian Space Research Organisation-built polar satellite launch vehicle. X-Sat, which is being developed by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and DSO National Laboratories, will be partly powered by solar energy and spend three years in orbit at an altitude of 800km, according to Strait Times. Collecting images measuring soil erosion and monitoring environmental changes the micro-satellite relays information from sensors to a ground station at NTU. X-Sat is expected to cost approximately S$40m (US$29m) and is scheduled to launch in June-July 2010. |
Info about X-Sat
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| X-SAT is a mini-satellite for technology demonstration and remote sensing applications, developed by the Satellite Engineering Centre of the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. The focus of the technology-driven mission is the high-resolution remote sensing of the Southeast Asian region for environmental monitoring. To achieve the ambitious mission objectives, X-SAT will carry a GPS-based Navigation System (XNS) for high-precision, real-time, and onboard orbit determination and prediction. With a targeted position accuracy of about 1-2 m 3D rms, the XNS provides an unprecedented accuracy and thus enables the support of any satellite mission which requires precise onboard position knowledge. X-SAT is a small platform with a total mass of less than 120 kg and a size of about 60 cm x 60 cm x 80 cm. The satellite carries three major payloads which comprise the IRIS multispectral sensor, the advanced data acquisition and messaging (ADAM) instrument for communication with remote mobile terminals and a parallel processing unit (PPU), e.g. for onboard image processing. Targeted for a launch in 2006 by an Indian PSLV rocket, a near-circular sun-synchronous orbit at a nominal altitude of 685 km is the current mission baseline. From this altitude, the IRIS main payload will provide a 10 m spatial resolution in the green, red, and near-infrared band at a swath width of 50 km. |
edwin3060 - April 7, 2010 05:40 PM (GMT)
Sounds like it can provide very detailed maps of the region in near real time!
Joe Black - April 8, 2010 02:52 AM (GMT)
More like just the area of the entire Singapore and its immediate waters
Iowa_BB61 - April 8, 2010 03:39 AM (GMT)
10 meters resolution is cold war era technology. This is Prague, Czech Republic with 10 centimetres resolution in Google Earth. Those are people walking on the streets.
Makes you wonder what actual military reconnaissance satellite can capture.
FIVE-TWO - April 8, 2010 03:42 AM (GMT)
note the date on the bottom left ;)
Iowa_BB61 - April 8, 2010 03:44 AM (GMT)
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| note the date on the bottom left ;) |
My point is in the resolution, I suppose the photos can be downlinked within a couple of hours at most?
FIVE-TWO - April 8, 2010 05:18 AM (GMT)
yes I meant that these resolution already available as far back as 2004.