{"id":488,"date":"2014-03-06T14:26:16","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T12:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.litsat1.eu\/en\/?p=488"},"modified":"2014-03-06T14:32:53","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T12:32:53","slug":"litsat-1-space-following-commands-ktu-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.litsat1.eu\/en\/2014\/03\/06\/litsat-1-space-following-commands-ktu-team\/","title":{"rendered":"LitSat-1 in Space is Following Commands of KTU Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lithuania already has the first satellite in space controlled from the Earth. Yesterday at 15:30:26 the satellite radio station of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) established a two-way connection with LitSat-1 for the first time (the satellite was launched into space last Friday). Obeying the command sent from the Earth the satellite\u2019s GPS receiver was switched on.<br \/><br \/><\/div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018Controlling the satellite from the Earth was one of the most difficult tasks in this mission. We can honestly say that we succeeded to complete more than half of the mission\u2019, says Prof Darius Gailius of KTU.<br \/><br \/><\/div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vidmantas Tomkus, the head of Lithuanian Space Association is convinced that the successful satellite GPS receiver experiment will interest cube satellite manufacturers all over the world as there is strong need to commercialise CubeSat technologies.<br \/><br \/><\/div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018As far as we are aware, satellite navigation system experiments on cube satellites were conducted only a few times, and not all of them were successful. When a satellite is moving in space at 8 km\/s speed it is not an easy task to determine its location by GPS\u2019, says Tomkus.<br \/><br \/><\/div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The GPS receivers for usage in space cost around 50 000 LTL; only professional satellite manufacturers can afford them.<br \/><br \/><\/div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018Cube satellite technology aims to make satellite launching cheaper so as space ventures were affordable for wider range of companies, including universities and private organisations. The cube satellites could be used for exact monitoring of earth, for wireless connection. GPS receivers could be used to help correct the trajectory of a satellite when they are moving in a group\u2019, says Tomkus.<br \/><br \/><\/div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The GPS receiver of LitSat-1 sends information about the height of the satellite\u2019s trajectory and about its speed. These parameters allow KTU researchers to research the flight, to determine the position of the satellite with respect to the Earth, and to prepare themselves to the next missions in space. The most recent updates on the technical data of the mission can be found on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.litsat1.eu\">www.litsat1.eu.<br \/><br \/><\/a><\/div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The team of LitSat-1 creators has one more important task ahead of them. Soon the linear transponder of the satellite which will broadcast three words of Lithuanian nation \u2013 Lietuva myli laisv\u0119 (Lithuania loves freedom) \u2013 into space will be tested.<br \/><br \/><\/div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The words are expected to be broadcasted from the space before 11 March, the Day of Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lithuania already has the first satellite in space controlled from the Earth. 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