AUSAT is a strategic project aiming at assessing, designing and developing nano-satellites for research
and education at Aarhus University. This is done across departments at Science and Technology and
in close collaboration with the industry partner GomSpace A/S.
In the AUSAT project we are planning to launch a series of science related nanosatellites under the aigis of Aarhus University and in a close collaboration between three partners at the university: The Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Department of Engineering and The Department of Geoscience.
We are exploring the unique opportunities of synergies between industry and the university efforts of research and education. The importance of our endeavour is marked by the newly implemented Danish National Space Strategy published in June 2016.
The satellite is a 10 x 10 x 10 cm Cubesat equipped with a camera and communications gear; the 1U-NanoEye. It will be supplied by the Aalborg-company GomSpace as an assembly kit. A group of our students will be trained by GomSpace to assemble and test the satellite. We will install a control room at AU, and some of the students will be involved in assembling and testing the communications equipment, and operating software to control the satellite and the payload. They may also develop new software and algorithms and design experiments that can be carried out with Delphini-1.
link to GomSpace
Delphini-1 is a joint effort between three departments of the Faculty of Science and Technology at Aarhus University:
Department of Physics and Astronomy. Contacts: Victoria Antoci, Hans Kjeldsen
Department of Engineering. Contact: Rune H. Jacobsen
Department of Geoscience. Contacts: Bo Holm Jacobsen, Christoffer Karoff
Students from all three departments can apply for participation in the project.
