The Laboratory of Electromagnetism and Space Research of the Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH/SRL) has been selected to join the QB50 European initiative for the launch of 50 nano-satellites in the upper atmosphere by February, 2017. The aim is to investigate with multi-point measurements the transition region between the atmosphere and space. The 50 nano-satellites follow the CubeSat standar
d, where a CubeSat is a modular satellite of standardized dimensions, assembled using primarily commercial, off-the shelf components. This provides an excellent opportunity for the launch of a Greek miniaturized satellite that is entirely built by University students and engineers. Through the QB50 program a launch opportunity and part of the science payload are provided whereas the development of each CubeSat and the ground station for communications and operations are built by the host institution.
Το εργαστήριο Ηλεκτρομαγνητισμό και Διαστημικών Ερευνων του Δημοκριτείου Πανεπιστημίου Θράκης επιλέχθηκε για να κατασκευασει ένα από τους πενήντα νανοδορυφόρους του προγράμματος QB50 της Ευρωπαϊκής Υπηρεσίας Διαστήματος που θα τεθούν σε τροχιά περι τον Φεβρουάριο του 2017.
Σκοπός είναι να εξερευνηθούν και να συλλέχθούν μετρήσεις για τα ανώτερα επίπεδα της ατμόσφαιρας. Ο σχεδιασμός και η κατασκευή του DUTHSatGR1 έγινε εξ' ολοκλήρου από φοιτητές και μηχανικούς του ΔΠΘ. DUTHSat Team:
Sarris Theodore
Balafoutis Athanasios
Kottaras Georgios
Psomoulis Athanasios
Vasileiou Ilias
Papathanasiou Aggelos
Baloukidis Dimitrios
Nissopoulos Ioannis
Pirnaris Panagiotis
Aggelis Aggelis
Margaronis Konstantinos
Tourgaidis Stylianos
Τogether with the core team of professionals and graduate students listed above, a number of undergraduate students have contributed to various phases of the development, testing and assembly of DUTHSat; these include: Stergios Fraggos, Vassilios Stathopoulos, Spyridon Galanoulis, Dimitrios Moutzikis, Dimitrios Siafarikas, Theodoros Kalogiannis, Eleni Tsani, Evaggelia Afendra, Konstantinos Katsinos, Anastasios Lazaridis, Konstantinos Manolis, Dimitrios Ntirokaltsis, Alexandros Soumpasis, Christos Paraskevas.