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| ibration testing of the Vietnamese PicoDragon CubeSat – Image Credit VNSC |
Five new CubeSats being developed in Taiwan, Vietnam and the United States are hoping to fly during 2013.
Taiwan – PACE
PACE is the first nanosatellite developed the National Cheng Kung
University (NCKU) of Taiwan and has the objective to provide a platform
for attitude control experiments in space.
Several common types of attitude sensors and actuators have been
developed from scratch for implementation into this miniature satellite
to allow the evaluation of different attitude determination and control
methods for nanosatellites in space. The attitude flight software can be
updated from ground to adjust parameters or even upload an entirely
different control strategy.
The data obtained from this mission shall be used to improve
simulation models for nanosatellites in low-earth orbit and to verify
the newly developed satellite in space. The PACE satellite is developed
in an educational framework and part of its objective is therefore to
educate students and to promote space technology and its use to the
public.
The team encourage and anticipate the involvement of students and
radio amateurs in the mission, such as beacon and data reception and
interpretation.
(Source : AMSAT-UK)
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