BUDAPEST AGREEMENT

On 26.01.2019. the representatives of the Committee, at the invitation of prof. dr Andras Gschwindt from the Budapest Technical University, attended a meeting to establish cooperation between Serbia and Hungary in the field of space engineering. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Committee and prof. Gschwindt, and a representative of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in charge of the Hungarian space program dr Orsolya Ferencz and the head of Hungarian ground stations Mr. Emil Hodl. It was agreed that the Committee can use laboratories at the University and the Hungarian ground stations (antennas), as well as to start activities aimed to design of HUN-SRB satellite.

The realization of the CANSAT / ROCKETRY program in educational institutions in Serbia started

The realization of the theoretical and practical program in the field of space engineering for elementary and secondary school age in Serbia started. Within this educational program, students will build their satellites (so-called CanSat) and rockets in their schools. CanSat / Rocketry program is in line with all other similar programs (EU, Russia, USA, Japan, Canada, India, etc.) so that our students will be fully equal with their peers throughout the world in the process of education and acquisition skills in this field.

UNITY PROGRAM

The Unity program represents a response to the increasing need of individuals and groups for easier access to Space, in order to achieve sustainable progress in their work and development of this area.

The concept itself emerged in the post-conflict region as an attempt to re-establish the cooperation of the people in the region, but this time in a completely different way, which in itself goes beyond the current mode of thinking and demands a new approach in international relations, whereby independence in creation of each participant is not jeopardized, and on the other hand there is a constant presence of the necessity of cooperation among the participants. In this way, everyone achieves both individual and group goals, and progress is inevitable.

Technically, the Unity program is based on CubeSat standards (www.cubesat.org), since the main deployer (Mother Craft – MC) is CubeSat, primarily by dimensions and basic characteristics. The deployer MC is independent of the payload that it carries and which will be delivered into orbit. Most precisely, MC is an adapter that allows that non-standard satellites (DS) can be used in standard POD deployers.

The Unity program enables the low-cost launch of satellites into various orbits. The price of the launch of 1DS (11.0×10.0x2.4cm/250g) is 12000 – 14000 euros (payment in two installments).

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PARTICIPATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON The 5th UNISEC-Global Meeting – Rome, Italy

Purpose
  • Based upon the establishment of UNISEC-Global and other decisions at the first UNISEC-Global Meeting in November 2013 at the University of Tokyo in Japan,
  • To follow up the successful outcomes made at the forth UNISEC-Global Meeting at Kamchia, Bulgaria on October 20-23, 2016,
  • To review the on-going activities of the new local chapters (15 countries/regions and one association of local chapters), which were acknowledged at the forth UNISEC-Global Meeting and to share information for further advancement,
  • To acknowledge new applications for the UNISEC-local chapters,
  • To provide a forum for the UNISON-Global (student organization) to exchange their opinions about research activities and issues they face for closer cooperation at a student level around the world,
  • To continue to organize the Mission Idea Contest (MIC) and to invite the winners of the pre-MIC5 which has been initiated by several local chapters in the past year under the theme of how to satisfy any of the UN Sustainable Development Goals,
  • To continue to discuss debris mitigation matters under the rename of the Debris Mitigation Competition (DMC) from the Deorbit Device Competition (DDC), especially focusing on post-mission disposal (PMD) and active debris removal (ADR).
Date

December 2-4, 2017

Venue

Engineering Faculty of Sapienza – University of Rome
Via Eudossiana 18,00184 (Rome, Italy)

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the WQM system ready for connection with the Iridium constellation

The system for satellite monitoring of surface water quality in real-time and early-warning system (WQM) is ready for connection with the Iridium constellation of 66 satellites. GSM transmitter will be replaced by RockBlock transmitter as well as the operational code.