LAPAN-TUBSAT

LAPAN TUBSAT is a cooperation of the Indonesian Space Agency LAPAN and of the field of aerospace equipment and facilities of the Institute of Air and Space at the TU Berlin. It turned the LAPAN six visiting scientists ready and paid one million euros for the development and construction of the satellite at the TU Berlin. In the art of Prof. Renner, the satellite was designed and built under the direction of Roemer and Bleif within one and a half years.

The technology of the satellite is a further development of the satellite DLR TUBSAT and MAROC - TUBSAT and also serves as the basis for the planned SVALBIRD satellites.

The satellite was successfully launched as a piggyback payload on an Indian PSLV rocket on 10 January 2007 at 3:53 UTC to a 640 km sun -synchronous orbit high. Main payload was the Indian Cartosat -2 and SRE experiment. According to current knowledge, all systems are working within their parameters.

The satellite is for an interactive Earth observation, particularly disaster monitoring and impact assessment, and communication for experiments with distributed ground stations, as volcanic monitoring stations, and serves the LAPAN to train its engineers in satellite design and space operations. The whole program is both a technology transfer program of the Technical University of Berlin towards LAPAN and serves the other hand, the space verification of new technologies, such as CMOS star sensor.

Specifications

  • Cuboid with 45x45x27 cm
  • 56 kg
  • 4 solar panels with 35 silicon cells, max. 14 W
  • 5 NiH2 battery cells with 12 Ah and 11.5 V nominal voltage
  • UHF TT & C track with 437.325 MHz and 1200 baud
  • S-Band payload communication with 2.220 GHz
  • Attitude control system (ACS ) Three reaction wheels
  • 3 laser gyro
  • 3 solenoids
  • 2 Coarse Sun Sensor
  • 1 CMOS star sensor
  • 38.4 kbps RS 232 and 422 interfaces
International Designator Satish Dhawan Space Centre Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle Orbital inclination
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