The 'Slipper to Sat' mission is expected to assist in transmitting data needed during natural disasters.
A satellite built by Chepang students has been launched from China. The satellite, built under the 'Slippers to SAT' mission, was launched at 9:45 am on Wednesday, according to the Nepal Space Institute.
The satellite was launched from the Qiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia, China, by a Kinetica One rocket. This is the first satellite built in Nepal. This satellite is a cube satellite. Students studying in grades 7 and 8 of the Chepang community were involved in the construction of the satellite.
The mission has been carried out with the theme of ‘Slipper to Satellite’, i.e., ‘the journey of people from a community who can barely afford to buy and wear a pair of slippers to the construction of a satellite’.
This satellite designed in Nepal is a ‘satellite bus’ system developed at the initiative of the Institute. In this system, the electrical power system (EPS), the onboard computer (OBC) and the communication system are included in a single circuit board (PCB).
It has been designed in a more advanced way, adopting the technology used by the Nepali-Sat One and Munal satellites. This will free up enough space inside CubeSat for other purposes, says Engineer Rishabh Adhikari, Manager of the Satellite Mission.
The ‘Slipper to SAT’ mission is expected to help in transmitting data needed in natural disasters.
