Kitsat 1, 2 (Uribyol 1, 2 / Oscar 23, 25 / KO 23, 25)

KITSAT-1  (Korean Institute of Technology Satellite) was a collaborative research mission, encompassing the installation of a groundstation in South Korea, participation of Korean engineers in the UoSAT-5 mission, technology transfer and training of students on the MSc courses at Surrey, and the involvement in a engineering and flight microsatellites.

KITSAT-1 was designed and constructed by a team of Korean and SSTL engineers, and uses the modular microsatellite bus proven on UoSAT-3, -4 and -5 previously flown on the Ariane ASAP. The satellite payloads include

• Earth Imaging System (EIS)
  The KITSAT-1 EIS consists of two Charge Coupled Device (CCD) imagers, two lenses and a Transputer Image Processor. One of the imagers provides a wide field of view with approximately 4 km ground resolution. The second imager provides a telephoto facility giving 400m ground resolution
• Digital Signal Processing Experiment (DSPE)
  The DSPE comprises two Texas Instruments DSP microprocessors which can be used independently or in parallel. The DSPE is used to broadcast stored speech; relay compressed speech in real time, and implement advanced data link modulation techniques.
• PACSAT Communications System (PCS)
  The PCS provides digital Store and Forward communications for stations in the Amateur Satellite service. The system will use standard protocols for message forwarding, with 9600bps uplink and downlink rates. The PCS contains 13MByte CMOS SRAM.
• Cosmic Ray Experiment (CRE)
  KITSAT-1 continues the radiation environment research and monitors its effects. A Total Dose Experiment (TDE) measures total ionising dose, and a Cosmic Particle experiment (CPE) monitors energetic particle events. The data collected from KITSAT-1's high altitude, inclined orbit will be compared with that available from the UoSAT-3 and UoSAT-5 missions in 800km polar orbits.
  

Source: SSTL Website

Last update: 27.09.2009
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