With the huge development of technology, new projects that make us proud have also started to emerge. It is the first pocket satellite (pocketqube) produced in our country. Grizu-263A and one of them. team advisor prof. Dr. Bulent Ekmekci and the Grizu-263 Space Team in a 2-year period, the pocket satellite will be sent into space with the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in the coming hours.
Turkey’s first pocket satellite is sent into space
The Grizu-263A pocket satellite, developed by the students of Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, will be sent into space next week.
Turkey’s first pocket satellite, Grizu-263A, takes off at 18:25 CEST.
Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University (BEU) Engineering Faculty Grizu-263 Cube-shaped pocket satellite produced by Space Team 250 grams weight and dimensions of 5cm x 5cm x 5cm. At the same time, the said team is supported by companies and institutions such as NASA, Lockheed Martin, Kratos Space, Praxis Inc and Siemens. at CanSat Competition Let’s say that it was the second in the world in 2018 and 2019.
Grizu-263AHours before ‘s launch into space, the Turkish Space Agency shared the unknown details about pocket satellites with its social media accounts. Accordingly, pocket satellites; It has functions such as earth observation using optical instruments, gravitational field monitoring with precise orbit determination method, location measurements of the space environment and data acquisition from low-cost reconnaissance instruments around celestial bodies.
In addition, pocket satellites, which are preferred due to their lower production and operation costs compared to other satellites, are generally used in training activities. On the other hand, thanks to its volume and weight advantage, it can potentially work in deep space missions to other celestial bodies as well as larger satellite missions.
Of course, their payloads are limited and their lifetimes are shorter compared to other large satellites, both in terms of size and production purpose. However, it still has a large market share all over the world with its capabilities.
In this direction prof. Dr. Bulent Ekmekci led by Grizu-263 Developed by Space Team Grizu-263Awill be launched into space at 18:25 CEST. Finally, positioning the satellite in 525 kilometers low earth orbit and 4 years 8 months He is scheduled to serve for a period of time.
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