It was developed by schoolchildren together with specialists of NIS LLC and VIZARD LLC
MOSCOW, February 24. /tass/. The VIZARD-SS1 nanosatellite, which will allow schoolchildren to study ice drift and navigation safety in the Arctic Ocean, will be launched in 2022. This was reported to TASS by the press service of Sitronics Group on Thursday.
"The spacecraft, developed by schoolchildren together with specialists of NIS LLC and VIZARD LLC on the basis of the Orbicraft-pro 3U satellite platform of Sputnix (part of Sitronics Group), will be launched in 2022 under the Space-PI program," the press service said.
As noted in the group, the satellite will have a cubesat size of 3U (30x10x10 cm). "With the help of a nanosatellite, students will study the direction of ice drift and aspects of ensuring the safety of navigation in the Arctic Ocean," they explained, specifying that devices for the functioning of the international Internet of Things system KINEIS and automatic identification systems of ships will be installed as a payload.
To display the results, a special web application will be used, which will display the position and track of the transmitter on the map. Moreover, the application will show the movement of the satellite in orbit.
The name of the satellite - VIZARD-SS1 - was given in honor of the first artificial satellite of the Earth, explained Sergey Zubkov, CEO of Vizard LLC. "The designation "SS1" is an abbreviation of the translation of the name of the first artificial satellite of the earth "Simplest Satellite - 1" (Simplest satellite)," he noted.
In turn, the president of Sitronics Group Nikolay Pozhidaev added that the project together with the automatic identification system of ships "will serve to increase the level of safety of navigation and efficiency of navigation." Students of Moscow schools No. 1522 named after V. I. Churkin and No. 2086 took part in the development of the payload. The Space-Pi program is a scientific and educational project for the development and production of small spacecraft (kubsat format) on the Russian digital platform.