Evolution from education to practical use in University of Tokyo's nano-satellite activities

Nakasuka, Shinichi; Sako, Nobutada; Sahara, Hironori; Nakamura, Yuya; Eishima, Takashi; Komatsu, Masabumi

doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2009.09.029

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“…Over the past five years, the number of low earth orbit (LEO) satellites has increased significantly. This is especially true for nanosatellites (1,2) that weigh only 1-50 kg and are much smaller than previous satellites. This is possible because of advancements in computer and electronics technology in recent years.…”

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confidence: 98%

Internet Network in Space for Small Satellites: Concept and Experiments

Techavijit¹,

Sukchalerm²,

Wongphuangfuthaworn³

et al. 2018

Sensors and Materials

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Currently, no wireless network service is being offered in space. This fact has caused satellite developers to establish their own wireless network with a low coverage area that does not function very well. These problems can be resolved by setting up an effective wireless network that can be offered as a service to satellites in orbit. This study is focused on designing a high-quality wireless-in-space network to connect satellites in orbit to the Internet. Such a network would enable satellites to be controlled through the Internet from the Earth without having their own ground stations. In this paper, various aspects of the design of a network setup standard are discussed. These aspects include appropriate wireless communication and the construction of a model satellite that can be connected to the network from space. The work also included testing the design by setting up the Internet network for use above Thailand's territory and launching the original model satellite for the demonstration of the principle. The sensor data was then transmitted in real time to audiences from all over the country and used to design an Internet network in space with global coverage, which is a target for further development.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Internet Network in Space for Small Satellites: Concept and Experiments

Techavijit¹,

Sukchalerm²,

Wongphuangfuthaworn³

et al. 2018

Sensors and Materials

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“…Examples of pedagogical initiatives promoting collaborative work include hackathons [ 2 ] (e.g., using mobile sequencers in bioinformatics education [ 3 ]), worldwide competitions like the international Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) in synthetic biology [ 4 ], and the development of micro- or nanotechnologies (e.g., nanosatellites in space engineering education [ 5 ]). The duration of these programs ranges from several hours to a couple of years.…”

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confidence: 99%

Meet-U: Educating through research immersion

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We present a new educational initiative called Meet-U that aims to train students for collaborative work in computational biology and to bridge the gap between education and research. Meet-U mimics the setup of collaborative research projects and takes advantage of the most popular tools for collaborative work and of cloud computing. Students are grouped in teams of 4–5 people and have to realize a project from A to Z that answers a challenging question in biology. Meet-U promotes "coopetition," as the students collaborate within and across the teams and are also in competition with each other to develop the best final product. Meet-U fosters interactions between different actors of education and research through the organization of a meeting day, open to everyone, where the students present their work to a jury of researchers and jury members give research seminars. This very unique combination of education and research is strongly motivating for the students and provides a formidable opportunity for a scientific community to unite and increase its visibility. We report on our experience with Meet-U in two French universities with master’s students in bioinformatics and modeling, with protein–protein docking as the subject of the course. Meet-U is easy to implement and can be straightforwardly transferred to other fields and/or universities. All the information and data are available at www.meet-u.org.

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“…This CanSat launch event is called ARLISS (A Rocket Launch for International Student Satellites) and was originally started in September 1999. 4) ARLISS has been held every September since then; in 2012, eleven teams of students from nine universities in Japan participated in ARLISS.…”

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Systems Engineering Education through Students' CanSat Project Interacting with Young Professional Engineers

Sakamoto

Miura

Kawaguchi

et al. 2014

AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN

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The authors have established a systems engineering (SE) and project management (PM) educational program for university students developing a 1kg-class simulated-satellite, called CanSat. The educational program helps students achieve mission success through the practical application of SE/PM methodologies to their development processes. In the educational program, the students are advised by young professionals currently working as aerospace engineers. In this study, one team was taken as a case study to evaluate the SE/PM educational program; the results showed that cooperative activities between students and young professionals were critical to the effectiveness of the SE/PM education.

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Evolution from education to practical use in University of Tokyo's nano-satellite activities

Cited by 37 publications

References 2 publications

Internet Network in Space for Small Satellites: Concept and Experiments

Internet Network in Space for Small Satellites: Concept and Experiments

Meet-U: Educating through research immersion

Systems Engineering Education through Students' CanSat Project Interacting with Young Professional Engineers

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