Singapur lanzará su primer satelite de construcción nacional a mediados de 2010. Se trata de un microsatélite de 120 kg de peso, y será lanzado desde una base de lanzamientos en India. El X-Sat, está en desarrollo por Nanyang Technological University (NTU) y DSO National Laboratories, será parcialmente propulsado por energía solar, y estará durante tres años en órbita a 800 km de altura. Oficialmente su misión es obtener información medioambiental. Su coste estimado es de unos 29 millones de dólares.
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Singapore is set to launch its own domestically built satellite, X-Sat, into space in mid 2010. The 120kg micro-satellite will launch atop an Indian Space Research Organisation-built polar satellite launch vehicle.
X-Sat, which is being developed by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and DSO National Laboratories, will be partly powered by solar energy and spend three years in orbit at an altitude of 800km, according to Strait Times.
Collecting images measuring soil erosion and monitoring environmental changes the micro-satellite relays information from sensors to a ground station at NTU.
X-Sat is expected to cost approximately S$40m (US$29m) and is scheduled to launch in June-July 2010.
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