SUNSAT satellite specifications: • Size: 45 x 45 x 60 cm • Mass: 64 kg • Launcher: Delta II rocket, Mission P-91 • Program cost: US $5M (Approximate); the launch was free of charge as SUNSAT was orbited as a secondary payload. The primary payload of the launch was
ARGOS, and the Danish
Orsted satellite was another secondary payload. • Planned lifetime: 4–5 years (
NiCad Battery pack life) • Main payloads: •
Amateur radio communications • Data interchange • Stereo
multispectral imager •
Attitude control:
Gravity gradient and
magnetorquers,
reaction wheels when imaging • Accuracy: 3
mrad pitch/roll, 6 mrad yaw • 2 Micro Particle Impact Detectors were included as part of experiments conducted in orbit • A team (Zaahied Cassim and Rashid Mohamed) from
Peninsula Technikon designed and built circuits for both their own piezo film technology and
NASA supplied capacitive sensors. • SSC 25636
Pushboom imager • Ground pixel size: 15 m x 15 m • Image width: 51.8 km ==References==