Student space project gathers speed Space blog Student space project gathers speed It’s been a few months since our blog about the Engineering Education Scheme EES The aim of the scheme is to provide students aged 16 and 17 with experience in engineering , science and technology in order to make informed decisions about their future education and . career The students from Farnborough 6th Form College are investigating ways to detect signals in space that offer a precursor to earthquakes . In this respect , it also has something in common with the POISE space experiment that SSTL helped students to develop on behalf of the British National Space Centre BNSC Rhys Llewellyn and Calum Jones working on the satellite . model In January , despite the unusually heavy snow the students managed to attend a two day workshop at Surrey University The team had done some broad research into the field , but still had not decided on which technology(s would be most appropriate for detecting precursors to earthquakes . Within the first day , they had decided on a combination of a topside sounder that would measure ion concentration in the ionosphere from above , and an infrared camera which has
Meet Surrey at Satellite 2010 Space blog Meet Surrey at Satellite 2010 SSTL and its US operation SST US are attending the Satellite 2010 exhibition at National Harbor , Maryland , USA from 16-18 March 2010. Visit Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd on stand 1925. SST US CEO John Paffett will be joined by Kathryn O'Donnell , Yasrine Ibnyahya and Simon Crouch from SSTL and Brent Abbott , Becky Yoder and Katherine Defoe from SST US . Come and find out about how we deliver low risk high performance satellites at a fraction of the price usually associated with such levels of capability . This entry was posted by Robin Wolstenholme on Wednesday , March 3. 2010 at 13:58. and is filed under In the news You can leave a response or trackback from your own blog . All new comments are subject to moderation before being displayed . Defined tags for this entry : exhibition satellite sst-us sstl Related entries by : tags UoSAT-2 transmitting for 26 years SSTL on The Gadget Show Obama cuts manned moon budget Trackbacks Trackback specific URI for this entry No Trackbacks Comments Display comments as Linear Threaded No comments Add Comment Name Email Homepage In reply to Top level Comment EnclosingChandrayaan-1 finds water on the Moon Space blog Chandrayaan-1 finds water on the Moon Using data from a NASA radar that flew aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft , scientists have detected ice deposits on the Moon near its north pole . This is exciting news the World over because water is a key factor in the ability of an extra terrestrial environment to support life . The SSTL team is also watching with great interest because the payload is controlled by a specially built on-board computer OBC built by its team in Guildford its first to be flown onboard a lunar mission . The OBC is programmed to control the instrument and to store the payload data which is then beamed back to the astounded NASA scientists on . Earth NASA's Mini-SAR instrument found more than 40 small craters with water ice . The craters range in size from 1 to 9 miles 2 to 15 km in diameter . Although the total amount of ice depends on its thickness in each crater , it's estimated there could be at least 1.3 trillion pounds 600 million metric tons of water . ice During the past year , the Mini-SAR mapped the Moon's permanently-shadowed polar craters that aren't visible from Earth . The radar uses the
Obama cuts manned moon budget Space blog Obama cuts manned moon budget Sir Martin Sweeting So President Obama has scrapped the US plans for a manned return to the Moon . As the world claws it way out of recession , many might see this decision as being financially prudent . However , the exploration of the lunar surface is still very much on the agenda . But it won’t be man making one small step next time , it will be a robot Several nations are planning robotic lunar missions including India , China , Korea and interestingly , the USA . And when you think about it , this makes perfect sense because robotic lunar missions are much more cost effective than manned missions , although not so emotive . Of course , robotic exploration is nothing new with NASA and ESA both utilising this technology , but it’s still very expensive . The price tag for the European ExoMars programme is around 1Bn which is a lot of money in any currency . But does robotic exploration have to be this expensive MoonLITE Orbiter Penetrator , designed by SSTL for the design phase of the UK government's MoonLITE mission for a low-cost orbiter carrying scientific lunar surface penetrators and a communications
What you see here is something mankind has never seen before, the aftermath of an asteroid collision. This conclusion comes after the Hubble Space Telescope was commanded to take a closer look at a strange comet-like object pottering around in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
“The truth is we’re still struggling [...]Post from: Astroengine.comP/2010 A2 Was An Asteroid Collision (Says Hubble)
Meet SSTL at a show in 2010 Space blog Meet SSTL at a show in 2010 The SSTL Group is attending a number of shows in 2010 where it will present its latest satellite subsystems , satellite communications and civilian and commercial earth observation mission capabilities . Experts from SSTL and its American operation SSTL US will be on hand to discuss your latest space challenges and how they might be . solved SATTECH Singapore 28-30 January 2010. The Global Space and Technology Convention GSTC is the world’s premier Space Convention showcasing the latest technology in space engineering and . design ASS Guidance Control Conference Breckenridge , Colorado , USA 6-10 . February Join SSTL US LLC at the AIAA Guidance , Navigation , and Control GN Conferencefor the latest developments in GN technology , with a unique focus on theory and applications in aeronautics and . astronautics HOSDB 2010 Farnborough 16-18 March 2010. Join SSTL on stand F17. The HOSDB 2010 exhibition is a UK event showcasing the latest security equipment for law enforcement and public security . It focuses on : Crime and Policing , Security and Counter Terrorism , Identity Management and Border . Security Satellite
Something rather bizarre was observed in the asteroid belt on January 6. Ray Villard at Discovery News has just posted an exciting article about the discovery of a comet… but it’s not your average, run-of-the-mill kinda comet. This comet appears to orbit the Sun, embedded in the asteroid belt.
Comets don’t usually do that, they tend [...]Post from: Astroengine.comCould P/2010 A2 be the First Ever Observation of an Asteroid Collision?
Which planet does Tethys orbit again?
I do admit, I’m terrible with names, but I never forget a face. In this case, the face I didn’t forget was a little moon orbiting Saturn (it’s the one that looks like the Death Star from Star Wars). However, after seeing this photo, I doubt I’ll ever forget Tethys’ [...]Post from: Astroengine.comTethys Plays Hide and Seek with Cassini
I mean, is the spaghettification of John Cusack using awesome 2012 doomsday graphics too much to ask? Instead of an improbable alien spacecraft appearing over the White House, why not use a black hole, producing so much tidal shear that it rips the building apart brick-by brick? Oh, and then have all the matter being [...]Post from: Astroengine.comHow are Black Holes Used in the Movies?