Students of Kuzbass will launch eco-monitoring and fire monitoring with the help of the SoundSat-platform "Sputnix"

2022: Kuzbass-300 launch plan

Kuzbass State Technical University The Kuzbass-300 spacecraft on the satellite CubeSat SXC3 OrbiCraft-Pro platform of SPUTNIX (part of the Sitronics Group) will be launched in 2022. This became known on February 16, 2022.

Using the satellite, schoolchildren and students of the region will carry out remote sensing of the Earth as part of environmental monitoring of the territory of Kuzbass. Also, thanks to Kuzbass-300, fires will be monitored in the region and throughout the Russian Federation.

The Kuzbass-300 satellite has standard dimensions CubeSat 3U (30x10x10 cm). The payload of the satellite will allow observation, research and monitoring of changes on the Earth's surface using a special camera.

The participants of the project in the KuzSTU laboratory will process the received satellite images using developed software to fulfill the tasks of the project. The launch of the satellite mission is planned for 2022.

Space has entered all spheres of our lives. Mining and coal industries make extensive use of the information provided by satellites. Starting work in this direction, we understand that first of all this information will be needed by our miners, coal enterprises - to solve their daily tasks, "explained Kirill Kostikov, Vice-Rector for Scientific Work and International Cooperation at KuzSTU.

The purpose of the Space PI program is to involve students in real research and space activities. The KuzSTU project uses a proven nanosatellite platform of the CubeSat format. It can carry various payloads from cameras to sensors for solving educational, scientific and practical problems, "said Vladislav Ivanenko, Director General of SPUTNIX.

The space mission was implemented as part of the Space-PI program with financial support from the Innovation Assistance Fund in the framework of the "Planet Duty" competition.