DTUsat is a student-built satellite complying with the CubeSat specifications found at
www.cubesat.org. The most remarkable specifications are the overall size and mass: 10x10x10 cm³ and 1 kg. With so little volume and mass available the students are forced to think small. Although this might seem as narrow constraints, using the CubeSat standard simplifies the launch issue.
Objective of the satellite project
The objective of the satellite project is to:
- give students at DTU a hands-on space project experience
- document the process
- promote space engineering and space science education
- receive data from the satellite in orbit
- uplink commands and upload software
- learn about space, space-operation
- track cuckoo birds and disclose the nature of migration
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