Historically important postgraduate student team that designed, built, launched, and operated SUNSAT, South Africa’s first operational space satellite, carrying Earth-imaging, communications, attitude-control, NASA, and school experiment payloads.
Identity
Field
Microsatellites, spacecraft systems, and mission operations
Name
SUNSAT Team
Region
AFR
Status
historical
Details
Description
Historically important postgraduate student team that designed, built, launched, and operated SUNSAT, South Africa’s first operational space satellite, carrying Earth-imaging, communications, attitude-control, NASA, and school experiment payloads.