Build Your Very Own Arduino Powered Satellite for Just 2000 USD
Intro: Build Your Very Own Arduino Powered Satellite for Just 2000 USD
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STEP 1: Introduction
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Hello Friends.............
In this Instructable, I am going tell you how to build your very own satellite that can take pictures of earth, monitor the space environment and it consist of a telescope that can take picture of other planets.
STEP 2: Features
1.Telescope- A on board telescope attached with a camera take picture of other planets or galaxies
2.Remote sensing - A camera that that take picture of earth
3.Space Environment Monitoring- A bundle of sensors that collects data about space environment
All this outputs can be received by a computer
4.All this features for just 2000 USD
STEP 3: Telescope and Remote Sensing
1.Buy a telescope of your choice
Here, I am planed to buy a "Celestron Travel Scope (Compact 70 mm) Telescope
(165 x)" from Flipkart. It just cost about 85 USD.
2.Buy a UHF Camera
I've planed to but a mini UHF Camera like this one and It have an inbuilt transmitter and no need for external one.
It can transmit video signals at 8 different frequencies
I'm going to set it at 750 Mhz
My camera's Specifications:
Mini size camera, easy to carry
Supports up to 8 channels
Real-time color video and audio wireless transmission
Easy installationSupport display equipments which with UHF TV receiving function such as cell phone, TV, PC, MP4, digital photo frame,etc
Imaging sensor: CMOS total pixels: 704 x 576 (PAL)
View angle: 60 degrees
Transmission frequency: 600 ~ 800 MHz
Transmission power: 7 ~ 11dBm
Video modulation type: QAM(PAL)
Bandwidth: 13MHzMinimum illumination: 0.5Lux
Power supply: DC 5V
Built-in rechargeable Li-ion battery: 500mAhCharge time: 2 hoursWorking time: 1.5 hours
Unobstructed effective range: 120mDimensions (W x D x H): 23 x 66 x 23 mm
Operating temperature: -10 ~ 50 degrees Celsius
Operating humidity: 15% ~ 85% RH
All is well except one thing that is it's transmission power. It's transmission power is just 11 dbm and it's not enough to transmit telescope's video from lower earth orbit, At least we need 25 dbm to transmit video clearly. So I'm going to use a UHF power amplifier like this one from ebay.
It have ability to boost the signal from 11 dbm to 30 dbm, hence we can transmit the video clearly from space.
Just connect the camera with telescope and solder the signal cable of camera to booster and connect a high sensitivity antenna to output of booster.
Remote Sensing:
Attach a other camera with all setup like above and don't connect with telescope, just attach to to satellite as facing earth that it can take pictures of earth and transmit and Images can be used for remote sensing.
Setup this camera to transmit video at different frequencies. I am going Setup Telescope's camera at 750 Mhz and remote sensing camera at 650 MHz.
That's All
STEP 4: Space Environment Monitoring
Here, We are going to use Arduino.
Follow and complete this Instructable.
After completion connect the Tx pin of you Arduino to Rx pin of the transmitter like this one from Hobby King.
This is a half-duplex transmitter operating at 433 MHz with transmitting power of 20 dbm and also don't forget connect the booster which is used for telescope and remote sensing.
Receiver can be easily plugged into USB port if your computer and just install the driver.
Now, You can monitor the Space environment from any Serial terminal like Arduino's Serial Monitor at real time from space
STEP 5: Conclusion
Basically, I'm a Tenth Grade student from India Inspired to made a high performance satellite at Very low cost at my budget of 1000 USD.
I've designed all house keeping subsystem of my satellite like Power System, Attitude and determination control system and etc at very low cost.
If you vote for me in Arduino contest. I am able to get some stuff for my nano satellite.
Please vote for me, If I won in this contest I will share all detials of my satellite including design of each element and source code of arduino.
Don't forget to vote for me and please comment because if i won in this, after launching my satellite, I'll give instructions to how to receive data from satellite at rela time from space to who voted for me.
Please help me to make my dream real.
32 Comments
majdspace 1 year ago
tejascool 4 years ago
meezocrafto 4 years ago
meezocrafto 4 years ago
Can you help me find some UHF Cameras.
Maybe a joint project too.
I am studying EC engineering
BishalR 5 years ago
sait69 5 years ago
Ishu5555ip 6 years ago
ChiragT 6 years ago
congratulations buddy for ur hard work
ur dream has come true over past 3 years.
hemaraj 6 years ago
tsoccer114 10 years ago
Great Design!!!
but how are you going to get it to outer space?
Rifath 10 years ago
I asked help from my government and i hope they they will help me.
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE FOR ME
RakeshA5 7 years ago
ayan1992 9 years ago
its sound interesting, will try!!
launching on to its orbit, will bit difficult but think isro have some shorts of plan for students that will definitely help.
Rifath 10 years ago
Thank You So Much and I also voted for you.
honesty.is.an.expnsive.gift.dnt.expt.it.frm.cheaps 9 years ago
nice project but tell me one thing , how a long range of transmission is done , as it is low orbit 150 km i mean two way transmission
ElectricBlue123 9 years ago
ok very nice / how do you put it in orbit ?
amorarun 10 years ago
You got a nice design going on here... keep doing what you are doing. I can see bright future for you. Hope you did well in public exams.
The pictures of some robots in step 3 what are those? just curious
Voted... hope you win..
Check out my 'ible in Portable Workstation Contest - Soldering Station using OLD PSU Case.
matokage 10 years ago
You Could use a Ballon to lunch it to orbit altitude and use monopropelant to put it in a almost stable orbit. Well... it would work on kerbal space program I think.
Rifath 10 years ago
I have planed to get help from my government and i hope that they will help me!
pucksurfer 10 years ago