Satellite running Android OS
Scientists from the University of Surrey and a subsidiary of Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) are preparing to launch a 4-kilogram STR-A-1 mini - satellite (Surrey Training, Research and Nanosatellite Demonstrator), which will become the first orbiter controlled by a smartphone.
At first glance, this looks like another trick from British scientists, but if you think about it, this choice is quite logical: the smartphone has all the necessary components, including sensors, a video camera, GPS and WiFi modules, not to mention a fair amount of computing power.
From the filling of the smartphone uses a processor, memory, two video cameras, which will transmit the video stream to Earth. The satellite is controlled by an application written under Android OS.
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SSTL ( job list ) specializes in launching miniature satellites for various purposes. Since 1981, they have designed and put into orbit 34 vehicles. Their new product based on Android, however, will beat all records in size and at the lowest price.
According to SSTL experts, if the launch of the STRaND-1 apparatus is successful, it will have revolutionary consequences for the entire industry, since the production of satellites will become much easier. The most difficult thing is to make a rocket: you can evaluate the scale of the tasks yourself, for example, here is a guide for assembling an artisanal rocket on the Cosmoport forum. But if it goes on like this, then states will have to introduce new articles into the criminal code for unauthorized launching of devices into orbit.
At first glance, this looks like another trick from British scientists, but if you think about it, this choice is quite logical: the smartphone has all the necessary components, including sensors, a video camera, GPS and WiFi modules, not to mention a fair amount of computing power.
From the filling of the smartphone uses a processor, memory, two video cameras, which will transmit the video stream to Earth. The satellite is controlled by an application written under Android OS.
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SSTL ( job list ) specializes in launching miniature satellites for various purposes. Since 1981, they have designed and put into orbit 34 vehicles. Their new product based on Android, however, will beat all records in size and at the lowest price.
According to SSTL experts, if the launch of the STRaND-1 apparatus is successful, it will have revolutionary consequences for the entire industry, since the production of satellites will become much easier. The most difficult thing is to make a rocket: you can evaluate the scale of the tasks yourself, for example, here is a guide for assembling an artisanal rocket on the Cosmoport forum. But if it goes on like this, then states will have to introduce new articles into the criminal code for unauthorized launching of devices into orbit.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/112503/
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