PW-Sat: the First Polish Pico-Satellite

PW-Sat is a project of CubeSat satellite. It is carried out by students from Warsaw University of Technology. Its main purpose is to test a novel method of deorbitation using an unfolding structure, which would like a parachute, accelerate the process of deorbitation thanks to remnants of the atmosphere and solar wind.

I was a member of On-Board Computer and Communications teams, where my work focused on design and development of embedded software and secure communication protocol.

Besides satellite software, we also created RSat: a remote satellite testing system, which was part of Electrical Ground Support Equipment.

More information about the PW-Sat project is available here

Related venue:

• STSC 2008, United Nations, Vienna, Austria, presentation: Space Activities of Students from Warsaw University of Technology