Harwin congratulated the University of Warwick for successfully launching the WUSAT-2 satellite earlier this month. This student-managed project is now complete and launches a small 10cm x 10cm x 10cm CubeSat satellite into space. The satellite relies on Harwin's high-reliability micro-connectors to provide important interoperability for satellite-borne experimental equipment. even.
According to director Dr. William Crofts, the mission is overseen by the European Space Agency (ESA) and launched from the Swedish Space Centre, which is the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Swedish National Space Agency (SNSB) REXUS / Part of the BEXUS joint program. The Warwick Satellite Program at the University of Warwick is progressing smoothly.
"The launch was almost on time, the nose was deployed on time, the satellite popped up, the communication system was powered on, and we received data signals at the ground station," he said. "This is the first successful retransmission and reception of data through an ESA / Rexus transmitting device, which is an amazing achievement. We now have a lot of data to analyze and we want to estimate the satellite's speed through the Doppler shift of the radio signal. "
Harwin's Datamate, Gecko and M300 high reliability of the connector system is designed to withstand the severe impact of the satellite during launch and deployment suffered, vibration and temperature conditions. They are also suitable for other demanding applications such as commercial and defense aerospace, oil and gas exploration, robotics, drones, racing cars, defense vehicles and other mission-critical projects. Harwin has sponsored many different university projects worldwide.
Crofts concluded: "We hope that WUSAT-3 will be launched in full orbit in the future, and we do have the possibility to even deploy WUSAT-3 from the International Space Station."
