KiwiSAT (Click for large image)
Welcome to KiwiSAT
- A Satellite Project by AMSAT-ZL
KiwiSAT - taking New Zealand into space!
Project Overview & Current Status (13 March 2013)
We're not just building a satellite, we're helping Massey University in Auckland develop a satellite command station and space capable laboratory facilities.
On the move.
On the Move:
KiwiSAT transfers to the final testing and calibration phase. In its own miniature"clean room" KiwiSAT has been moved to Papakura for final testing and calibration, a procedure that could not be varied out in Massey's Albany complex.
General
KiwiSAT will carry both amateur radio communications; and a scientific experiment in small satellite attitude control (ADAC).
KiwiSAT development is completed ready for launch into a LEO orbit. Target launch date - mid 2013.
KiwiSAT to carry environmental experiment! More ..
ADAC - Attitude Determination And Control ExperimentMore ...
Transponder "on air" in the AMSAT-ZL Clean-room. More ...
Videos
KiwiSAT Engineering - Fred Kennedy - purpose built Vacuum Chamber
KiwiSAT Engineering - Inside the Clean Room at Massey's Albany Campus[pending]
PCB Assembly and Translator Test - Video
BCR - Battery Charge Regulator - design philosophy - Hans Holtz, ZL1HB - Video
Main Framing Construction
Underside of Base Frame
Mike Jack of Stanier Engineering, a small specialist precision engineering company based in Auckland, milled the main frame from solid blocks of Aluminium.
Video: Mike and his CNC milling machine in action.
We are most grateful to Mike for the use of his costly machinery and for donating his very valuable time to this project.
KiwiSAT to carry environmental experiment! More ..
Organization
AMSAT-ZL - New Zealand's Amateur Satellite Organization, active in the Amateur (Radio) Satellite Service under the Radio Regulations (ITU-R) of the ITU, is affiliated to The New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters (Inc), commonly known as NZART.
CONTRIBUTE
This project is financed entirely by voluntary donation. To play a part in his project, you can make a secure contribution using this PayPal Donations button.
Your support is important to our team.
AMSAT-ZL is indebted to the various NZART Branches, the many individual ZL amateurs, and the amateur radio community around the world, who have contributed magnanimously to help finance this pioneering project. More ...
(Site maintenance - 13 March 2013)
Clarification
KiwiSAT is an orbiting satellite project by radio amateurs under a strict "not-for-profit" regime and should not be confused with KiwiSat, a commercial ground based animal tracking transmitter. As prime owners of the name KiwiSAT, AMSAT-ZL permit its use in the lower case format (KiwiSat 101) by SIRTRACK for their earth bound animal tracking transmitter unit.
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