* Astronomy

Members Login

Post Info

TOPIC: Young Engineers Satellite

Blobrana

L

Posts: 131433

Date: Nov 8 19:12 2007

YES2 experiment	Permalink

On 25 September, students around the world watched with bated breath as their creation, the second Young Engineers Satellite (YES2) experiment, reached its dramatic conclusion. A day before the Foton-M3 spacecraft returned to Earth, a small re-entry capsule, named Fotino, was to be released from the end of a 30 km tether, the longest such structure ever to be deployed in space. However, no signal was ever received from Fotino and its fate has been uncertain ever since. First indications, based on real-time data processed by the YES2 flight computer and released by Russian mission controllers, suggested that the tether only unwound about 8.5 km before Fotino was cut free, but engineers wanted to know the full story of Fotinos final hours. Now, after weeks of careful analysis, the YES2 team has informed the ESA Mission Review Board of its findings. Read more __________________

Blobrana

L

Posts: 131433

Date: Jun 25 10:53 2007

Young Engineers Satellite	Permalink

After 5 years of design and development work and preparation of the flight model, the second Young Engineers Satellite (YES2) experiment has passed its Final Acceptance Review and been given the green light by ESA for launch in September. Following four and a half months of assembly, integration and testing at ESTEC, the groundbreaking student experiment was shipped to TsSKB-Progress in Samara, Russia, on 7 May. After a month in storage, a series of final adjustments began on 12 June. Two days later, the experiment was installed for the first time on the exterior of the Foton-M3 spacecraft on which it will piggyback a ride into orbit. Read more Expand (29kb, 560 x 482) Credits: University of Patras __________________

Page 1 of 1 sorted by

Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse