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KN-Sat 1
KN-Sat 1 [University of Khartoum]
KN-Sat 1 is the first Sudanese satellite project. It is an educational satellite designed at the University of Khartoum complying with the 1U-CubeSat specifications.
The objectives of the satellite project are:
- To give students at Sudanese Unversities a hands-on space project experience.
- To document the process and skills and forward it to more students and post graduated engineers.
- To promote space engineering and space science education at other Sudanese educational institutes.
- Building, testing and launching the cube satellite.
- Monitoring and tracking the cube satellite.
- Telecommand the cube satellite.
- Collecting the telemetry and the mission data for analysis and evaluation.
| Nation: | Sudan |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology, education |
| Operator: | University of Khartoum |
| Contractors: | University of Khartoum |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (1U) |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 1 kg |
| Orbit: |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KN-Sat 1 | - | with ? |
References:
- University of Khartoum: KN-SAT1 project
