Title :
Design of pico-satellites for education in systems engineering
Author :
Schilling, Klaus
Author_Institution :
Wuerzburg Univ.
fDate :
7/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Pico-satellites offer excellent potential to introduce students to hands-on system design. Master and PhD students thus realized the satellite University Wuerzburg\´s Experimental satellite (UWE-1) with a mass below 1 kg, which is since 2005 in orbit. This article addresses technical details of subsystems, system design, and integration aspects. From the educational side, the integration into the university\´s computer science curriculum and into the international study program "Spacemaster - Master in Space Science And Technology" is presented
Keywords :
aerospace engineering; artificial satellites; educational courses; engineering education; systems engineering; computer science curriculum; hands-on system design; integration aspects; international study program; picosatellites; systems engineering education; Aerospace engineering; Aerospace industry; Computer science; Design engineering; Educational technology; Satellite ground stations; Space technology; Space vehicles; Systems engineering and theory; Systems engineering education;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAES.2006.1684269
