The mission control center at Technion’s Asher Space Research Institute.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cWe see great importance in our collaboration with the Technion to promote academic research and future technologies in the field of space,\u201d says IAI President & CEO Boaz Levy<\/strong>. \u201cIAI, Israel’s \u2018National Space House\u2019, sees high value in its connection to academia on the business and the technological levels to advance Israel’s continued innovation and leadership in the field of space. This partnership promotes the development of the entire ecosystem and IAI is proud to join forces in this innovative and groundbreaking project.\u201d\u00a0Israel\u2019s next generation satellites resulted from exceptional collaboration between academia and industry. A special propulsion system, based on krypton gas, will be the first of its kind in the world to operate on a tiny satellite. The digital receiver and the attitude control system were developed by IAI in collaboration with Technion researchers.\u00a0In addition to the propulsion system, the satellites will accumulate energy through solar panels that will be deployed next to each satellite and will serve as wings that will control, if necessary, the flight of the formation without the use of fuel, using air drag in the atmosphere. Each of the nanosatellites is fitted with a digital receiver, one of the most complex ever to fly on a nanosatellite. \u00a0The system for processing the information on the satellite and the algorithms that will keep the formation flying will be among the first of their kind in the world, and will support the autonomous operation of several satellites simultaneously. The navigation system will include two GPS receivers that will be used for autonomous navigation. The communication system through which the three nanosatellites will communicate with each other as well as with the ground station will be operated at three different frequencies – a significant challenge that was resolved in the current project. A dedicated frequency will be used to transmit information to Earth through broadband.<\/p>\nThere are many partners in Technion’s Adelis-SAMSON project, including the Adelis Foundation, the Goldstein Foundation, the Israeli Space Agency in the Ministry of Science and IAI. From the Technion, researchers from the Asher Space Research Institute included Avner Keidar, Hovik Agalarian, Dr. Vladimir Balabanov, Eviatar Edlerman, Yaron Oz, Maxim Rubanovich, Margarita Shamis, Yulia Koneivsky, Tzachi Ezra and Dr. Alex Fried, as well as many students over the years.<\/p>\n <\/a>The \u201cAdelis-SAMSON” project\u2019s team with Prof. Pini Gurfil of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering (first from left)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The launch of the Technion nanosatellites into orbit took place on Monday, March 22nd, from Kazakhstan. Mazal tov! The “Adelis-SAMSON” project, an autonomous group of three nanosatellites built and developed by the Technion \u2013 Israel institute of Technology, will be launched into orbit on March 20, 2021. The project is the passion… Continue Reading Technion Returns to Outer Space<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTechnion Returns to Outer Space - \u05d4\u05d8\u05db\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5\u05df-\u05de\u05db\u05d5\u05df \u05d8\u05db\u05e0\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n