UiTM First Varsity to build, launch of nano-satellite

SHAH ALAM – Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) made history as the first public university to build and launches its inaugural nano-satellite, UiTMSAT-1, in outer space today

The nano-satellite was sent to the International Space Station (ISS) ) by the Space X Falcon 9 cargo rocket launched by the Cape Canaveral Air Force. Station in Florida at 17:47 local time

The 10 cm cube-shaped nano-satellite was built by two UiTM students Syazana Basyirah Mohamad Zaki and Muhammad Hasif Azami, who are currently studying in Japan, following a collaborative effort with the Kyushu Institute of Technology (KyuTech) as part of the "Joint Global Multi-Nation" Program

UiTM Vice Chancellor, Prof Emeritus Datuk, introduced the launch of UiTMSAT-1 broadcast live on YouTube. , the director of his Center fo Dr. Mohamad Huzaimy Jusoh, professor of satellite broadcasting, as well as the lecturers and students at an event organized here

Hassan said that the nano-satellite would be provisionally preserved at the ISS and should be released in its orbit, about 400 000 Meanwhile, Mohamad Huzaimy explained that the nano-satellite had six missions, including to capture images, test the satellite location correlation and the chip of the global positioning system, measure the magnetic field in the space to obtain data on geomagnetic mapping in Southeast Asia and for radiocommunication.

– BERNAMA