School, Education and Technology | Here’s the NTNU satellite in space: – We’ve made connections, says Sivert (27) from Åsa

Sivert Bakken, 27, of Åsa and nearly 80 research colleagues watched the launch of the HYPSO-1 nanosatellite with anticipation and excitement. Then they can finally let go of the rejoicing.

This is confirmed by doctoral student Seifert Bakken, with technical cybernetics as a field The launch was a success.

Connected

NTNU also shared the result in a separate blog, where it is authenticated connection With satellite over radio.

– During the launch, everything went fine, we were in contact with the satellite. It orbits in space and says hello to the ground station sometimes every hour and a half, Bakken told Ringrix Blad.

take tests

But to deduce whether the project – including Bakken’s contribution – has been successful, they should take the time to help:

– The first weeks now we will eliminate the so-called LEOP, that is, we try very carefully to test whether every part of the satellite is working properly. He explains that this must be done before we can safely use the entire satellite.

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new technology

As the newspaper wrote last week, just before the launch, it Plan that HYPSO-1 will conduct environmental monitoring of oceans and lakes.

HYPSO-1 is one of the world’s first hyperspectral satellites, with Bakken contributing software to the camera that takes hyperspectral images of Earth’s water resources.