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Sunday, October 17, 2010
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Aalto-1, the Finnish student satelliteAalto-1 recently featured on Finnish TV and there is also a short video showing a graphic of the 3U CubeSat available. It is a student satellite project of Aalto University, Finland. When launched, it would be the first Finnish satellite. It is planned to operate at VHF-UHF and there will also be an S-band transmitter. Up to 8 watts of power will be available from the Solar panels. The main payload of the satellite is a novel tiny Fabry-Perot imaging spectrometer, developed by VTT, Finland. The primary scientific goal of the mission is to demonstrate the feasibility of MEMS Fabry-Perot spectrometers for space applications. This miniature technology can be used in nanosatellites for large a variety of remote sensing applications in the future. High spectral resolution images can be used for water quality monitoring and land use classification. Watch the 10 second graphic video clip
Watch - YLE TV1 2010 09 17 183019 (in Finnish) Aalto-1 Discussion Forum in English
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