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TU Satellite 1
Communications Satellite

Introducing Indiana's First Satellite...

 

A group of Taylor University students and faculty are currently developing a communication Cube-Sat to be launched in 2002. TU Sat 1 incorporates powerful microelectronics, a gravity gradient boom, and a low-cost email communications system capable of operating at a 115-kbps rate near 0.9 GHz. The goal is to demonstrate low cost communication for remote villages in third world countries. TU Sat 1 also includes a magnetometer and Langmuir probe to measure plasma density and temperature at an altitude of 650 km. Furthermore, TU Sat 1 provides students with the needed experience and skills to be on the leading edge of innovation.        July, '02, Satellite Newsletter Pictures from this summer Eight Students Researchers Begin Summer Work on Satellite. Satellite News... Updated: August 29th, 2002  Send a Message into Space!!!		Launch: 2003 aboard Russian ICBM booster  from Kazakhstan. More TU Space Research   INSGC   supports TU  Sat 1 with major grant Special thanks to our sponsors Multi Media - TU Sat deploying after ejection (updated 08/29/02) (63.7 MB, streamloaded) - Deployment of Cubesats   (3.1 MB)  - Testing of burn wires on satellite (3.2 MB) - Rotating student-built, helical antennas will track TU Sat 1 as it passes over Taylor.. (4.8 MB)
[see more lab shots]	Assembling of satellite underway Click on picture to see more.