SUNSAT: Suid-Afrika se eerste satelliet in die ruimte

Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie/South African Journal of Science and Technology

 
 
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Title SUNSAT: Suid-Afrika se eerste satelliet in die ruimte SUNSAT: South Africa’s first satellite in space
 
Creator Schoonwinkel, A. Milne, G. W. du Plessis, J. J. Mostert, S.
 
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Description Die SUNSAT-satelliet is as navorsing- en ontwikkelingsprogram aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch bedryf van 1992 tot 2001. Dit het nuwe tegnologie vir Suid-Afrika verwerf en internasionaal ’n nuwe werkverrigtingsvlak ten opsigte van mikrosatelliete se beeldwaarnemingsvermoëns daargestel. SUNSAT het ook internasionale amateurradiokommunikasie en ruimtewetenskaplike eksperimente ondersteun. Tydens die ontwikkelingsfase het meer as 100 nagraadse studente hul tesisonderwerpe op SUNSAT geskoei, en ’n gepaardgaande wetenskapbewusmakingsprogram het meer as 50 000 skoliere bereik. Hierdie artikel gee ’n oorsig oor die samestelling van die satelliet en sluit af met ’n toekomsvisie vir satelliettegnologie in Suid-Afrika. The SUNSAT satellite was conducted as a research and development programme at Stellenbosch University from 1992 till 2001. It obtained new technology for South Africa and set new performance levels internationally with regard to micro-satellites. SUNSAT also supported amateur radio communications internationally, as well as space physics experiments. During the development phase more than 100 postgraduate students based their theses on SUNSAT, and a supplementary science awareness programme reached more than 50 000 learners. This article provides an overview of the satellite configuration and concludes with a vision for satellite technology in South Africa.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2002-09-28
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — — — —
Format application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/satnt.v21i3.233
 
Source Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie; Vol 21, No 3 (2002); 90-100 Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie; Vol 21, No 3 (2002); 90-100 2222-4173 0254-3486
 
Language eng
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2002 A. Schoonwinkel, G. W. Milne, J. J. du Plessis, S. Mostert https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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