The Student Space Exploration & Technology Initiative (SSETI) is a unique project put into execution by students from different universities spread over
European countries. In collaboration with
space industry they aim to build
microsatellite
A microsatellite is a tract of repetitive DNA in which certain DNA motifs (ranging in length from one to six or more base pairs) are repeated, typically 5–50 times. Microsatellites occur at thousands of locations within an organism's genome. ...
s together.
Most universities do not have capabilities to build their own complete satellite. The SSETI aims to combine different academic capabilities to realise
pan-European student missions. Space projects, which are beyond the local existing capabilities, will be made possible through the fragmentation and redistribution of many small, locally achievable tasks. Ambitious projects, such as a
lunar lander
A lunar lander or Moon lander is a spacecraft designed to land on the surface of the Moon. As of 2021, the Apollo Lunar Module is the only lunar lander to have ever been used in human spaceflight, completing six lunar landings from 1969 to 19 ...
, may be realised by this distributed development.
SWARM
SWARM is the youngest project in line. SWARM will be developed consisting by a
nanosatellite releasing
femtosatellite
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s into
low Earth orbit from where scientific and/or technical experiments will be conducted.
ESEO
The ESEO (
European Student Earth Orbiter The Student Space Exploration & Technology Initiative (SSETI) is a unique project put into execution by students from different universities spread over European countries. In collaboration with space industry they aim to build microsatellites toge ...
) project was started as part of the SSETI project family, in collaboration with the
European Space Agency
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who ran the project independently from SSETI. ESEO was launched from
Vandenberg AFB on 3 December 2018 as a part of
Spaceflight's SmallSat Express and was expected to function for 6 to 18 months.
The Mission Control Center was located in
Forlì (
Italy).
The ESEO project concluded in December 2020, after operating for two years.
ESMO
The ESMO (
European Student Moon Orbiter) project was started as part of the SSETI project family, in collaboration with the European Space Agency who now run the project independently from SSETI.
See also
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Mozhayets-5
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ESA
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SSETI Express Satellite
SSETI Express was the first spacecraft to be designed and built by European students and was launched by the European Space Agency. SSETI Express (Student Space Exploration & Technology Initiative) is a small spacecraft, similar in size and shap ...
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SEDS
References
External links
SSETI WebsiteA3E Website (SPAIN/Catalan Division)Viktoria Schöneich "No, we are not calling E.T., we're going to the Moon!(YouTube Video)
SpaceUp Stuttgart 2012
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Proposed spacecraft
Space organizations
European Space Agency