UoSAT-12 satellite

UoSAT-12, the twelfth satellite in the University of Surrey series, was designed and built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL). It was launched to low Earth orbit on 21 April 1999.M. Fouquet and M. Sweeting, [http://info.ee.surrey.ac.uk/SSC/CSER/UOSAT/papers/iaf96/minieis/minieis.html UoSAT-12 minisatellite for high performance Earth observation at low cost] , proceedings of IAF '96.]

UoSAT-12 was an experimental mission used to demonstrate and test a number of new technologies. Imaging cameras and a high-speed 1 Mbit/s S-band downlink (the MERLION experiment) were tested. An Internet Protocol stack was uploaded to the satellite, allowing experiments in extending the Internet to space to be made by NASA Goddard as part of its [http://ipinspace.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Operating Missions as Nodes on the Internet] (OMNI) effort.K. Hogie, "et al.", [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2004.08.005 Using standard Internet Protocols and applications in space] , Computer Networks, special issue on Interplanetary Internet, vol. 47 no. 5, pp. 603-650, April 2005.] K. Hogie, "et al.", [http://www.csc.com/cscworld/backissues Putting more Internet nodes in space] , CSC World, Computer Sciences Corporation, pp. 21-23, April/June 2006.]

These now-proven technologies were later adopted by SSTL in the design of its Disaster Monitoring Constellation satellites.

ee also

* UO-11 (OSCAR 11)

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