X-sat Mission Progress

X-Sat is a micro-satellite project with the objective to design, build, test and operate Singapore’s first domestic satellite. The mission’s main aim is to provide imaging capability for earth observation and environmental monitoring over Singapore and the South East Asian region with daily coverage and downlink of the acquired imagery within the same orbit. Secondary objectives are satellite-based advanced data acquisition and messaging over the Indian and Pacific Ocean as well as high performance fault tolerant on-board data processing using commercial off-the-shelf components. This flagship project of the Centre for Research in Satellite Technology was started officially in 2002 and seeks to foster national and international collaborations among various educational, research and commercial partners. At the time of publication the development and testing of the engineering model is almost completed, while the piggyback launch is scheduled for 2007.