Abstract:
The satellite based on Android smart phone is relatively a new concept. Satellites
namely Strand-1 (University of Surrey Space Centre, UK), Alexander, Graham and
Bell (Ames Labs, NASA) have been successfully launched during last two years. One
similar concept of strand one is this project, aims at design and development of
communication and power system of small satellite, based on Android smart phone
and COTS microcontroller. The satellite is being named as PKSATPHONE.
This project consists of: Communication transceivers for uplink and downlink, Power
system based on Li-ion Batteries and Photo Voltaic (PV) Solar cells. Communication
transceivers will serve the purpose of communication with RF waves from ground
station to satellite station and vice versa. To produce the amount of power needed for
a satellite to function and to meet the power demands of its on-board instruments,
power system will be designed.
