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Space programs and missions · A guided course
A university mission becomes a lesson in connected systems
Follow South Africa’s SUNSAT from student engineering to imaging, amateur radio, in-orbit troubleshooting and a carefully documented mission ending.
Suggested preparation is listed in the course · Start whenever you’re ready
Lourie Pieterse photographed Stellenbosch University from the general engineering building on 18 March 2011. SUNSAT was developed at the university; this later campus view provides institutional context, not a view of the spacecraft or its 1990s laboratory.
Lourie Pieterse · Image source · CC BY-SA 3.0Your place in the bigger picture
Build on familiar ideas, then choose a direction to explore next. Every course remains open.
From an orbiting instrument to a useful service
Turn satellite signals into testable evidence
SUNSAT: learning to build and operate a satellite
A university mission becomes a lesson in connected systems
Start whenever you’re ready. Preparation is suggested, and every course stays open.
From six-band measurements to useful maps and lasting engineering knowledge
One suggested order from the foundations to SUNSAT: learning to build and operate a satellite. Shared starting points appear once; skip anything you already know.
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