An Imaging and Positioning Platform for the Picosat Satellites
January 1, 2004The Aerospace Corporation Engineering, 2003-04
Liaison(s): Samuel Osofsky ’85, Nelson Ho
Advisor(s): John Molinder
Students(s): Andrew Cole (PM), Nathan Mitchell, Brian Putnam, Gabriel Takacs, Philip Vegdahl
The Picosat platform was developed by The Aerospace Corporation as an experimental small-form-factor (4 inches on a side) satellite for use in space. The Clinic team has developed low-power add-on digital camera and GPS receiver circuit boards. These will allow the Picosat to take pictures of its surroundings or the launch vehicle, and to find and report its position in space.