Space

With strong passion in space technology, we are currently working on a pseudo-satellite project. Pseudo-satellite, which is also called as High-Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) or High-Altitude Long Endeavour (HALE) Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), can really operate like a remote sensing satellite. This technology has already been proven. UK, US, China, and Russia have already developed prototypes. Commercial companies are receiving direct order for such platforms.

With current technology, pseudo-satellites have capability to stay on air for weeks. This duration is good enough to systematically acquire geo-spatial data. Cost of pseudo-satellite is about one-tenth to one-twentieth to that of a regular satellite. Other key advantages of pseudo-satellites are that these could be returned to the earth, so, the payload could be changed. That means one pseudo-satellite can carry different type of sensor in each flight. These pseudo-satellites operate over 13 km altitude, thus avoid aviation air-space and turbulence from weather conditions.

Remote sensing data acquired from the pseudo-satellites will be used for planning (urban and regional, infrastructure, etc.), environmental monitoring and management (including coral reef monitoring), disaster management (bush fire, flood, draught, storms, etc.), and other scientific and civilian applications. Government agencies (including local government) would be highly interested in the data, as the data would have higher spatial and temporal resolution.

Currently, we are developinga system architecture for the pseudo-satellite based on the system concept of operation and the concept of maintenance.