Campus Report :
BRAC University will sign a contract with Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan, to collaboratively build the first experimental university Nanosatellites of Bangladesh under the mission, “Joint Global Multi-Nation BIRDS Satellite”, with the acronym “BIRDS project”. Notably, this is the first time a university from Bangladesh will be working in the field of satellite engineering.
The “Birds project” is a cross-border interdisciplinary satellite project for non-space faring countries supported by Japan. The 5 participatory countries for this project include Bangladesh, Japan, Ghana, Mongolia and Nigeria and the mission aims to deliver ready-to-launch CubeSat by 2017. During the 2 years project, selected students from these countries will work together to design, develop and operate 5 units of identical 1U CubeSat (1kg, 10cm cubic) which is a type of miniaturized satellite for space research, each belonging to the five participating countries. These satellites will be operated from 7 ground stations.
This project will provide Bangladesh’s engineers and university students to get hands on experience and education on satellite engineering and learn about the greater challenges of satellite mission. As a result, in future, this group of engineers will be able to provide their expert assistance to Bangladesh Government’s mission to launch first geostationary communication satellite of Bangladesh, “Bangabondhu Satellite”. BRAC University considers this as a milestone for the “Space Technology Transfer” and aims at using the satellite for following missions:
1. Observe space environment.
2. Monitor satellite location.
3. Demonstrate Ground Station Network for Nano-satellite constellation.
4. Attain multi-point simultaneous space environment measurement.
5. Relay audio signal and attain communication through HAM radio during emergency and catastrophe. Also play national anthem on special national days.
6. Take high quality aerial photograph of land to analyze vegetation, urbanization, flood, sea are surveillance, meteorology data etc.
BRAC University will sign a contract with Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan, to collaboratively build the first experimental university Nanosatellites of Bangladesh under the mission, “Joint Global Multi-Nation BIRDS Satellite”, with the acronym “BIRDS project”. Notably, this is the first time a university from Bangladesh will be working in the field of satellite engineering.
The “Birds project” is a cross-border interdisciplinary satellite project for non-space faring countries supported by Japan. The 5 participatory countries for this project include Bangladesh, Japan, Ghana, Mongolia and Nigeria and the mission aims to deliver ready-to-launch CubeSat by 2017. During the 2 years project, selected students from these countries will work together to design, develop and operate 5 units of identical 1U CubeSat (1kg, 10cm cubic) which is a type of miniaturized satellite for space research, each belonging to the five participating countries. These satellites will be operated from 7 ground stations.
This project will provide Bangladesh’s engineers and university students to get hands on experience and education on satellite engineering and learn about the greater challenges of satellite mission. As a result, in future, this group of engineers will be able to provide their expert assistance to Bangladesh Government’s mission to launch first geostationary communication satellite of Bangladesh, “Bangabondhu Satellite”. BRAC University considers this as a milestone for the “Space Technology Transfer” and aims at using the satellite for following missions:
1. Observe space environment.
2. Monitor satellite location.
3. Demonstrate Ground Station Network for Nano-satellite constellation.
4. Attain multi-point simultaneous space environment measurement.
5. Relay audio signal and attain communication through HAM radio during emergency and catastrophe. Also play national anthem on special national days.
6. Take high quality aerial photograph of land to analyze vegetation, urbanization, flood, sea are surveillance, meteorology data etc.
