Hardware

NessieSat takes its name from the mythical Scottish creature found in the lore and folklore of Loch Ness, Scotland. NessieSat has been designed and created to help young (and not so young) curious people, who want to get into the world of electronics and programming applied to NewSpace.

But what is NewSpace? NewSpace is the new space race, where private companies, amateur amateurs, research centres and universities seek to colonize the surrounding universe with new spacecraft. Everyone has a place in NewSpace. Are you ready for NewSpace?

NessieSat is a set of modules that enable a spacecraft to perform the functions required by a spacecraft to work, collect energy, perform analysis and communicate with Earth. It has been designed with simplicity and easy understanding of its elements and systems in mind. But above all, to make it fun and easy to program. Even for those who want to assemble it... do you dare?

NessieSat has been developed thanks to the collaboration of the young NewSpace enthusiast Noe, who, at only 9 years old, has contributed ideas about the concept and logo of this educational kit.

NessieSAT is a product manufactured by BHDynamics.













NessieSAT is composed of several modules. Each of the modules fulfils basic functions required in the construction of a pocketqube. Several modules can be used, depending on the configuration of your satellite depending on the intended use. Also, the size can be one unit 5x5x5cm, or several units 5x5x10 etc. depending on the number of elements you want to assemble.

Finally, the housing will be covered with solar modules that will be responsible for capturing the sun's energy to store it in the batteries and thus provide power supply to the subsystems of the picosatellite.

If you want to get started in the world of NewSpace, pocketqubes and programming, we advise you to start by learning how an OBC works and how it is programmed.

Each of the modules that make up NessieSAT has its own specifications:

OBC module (On Board Computer)

It is the main module. The brain of the picosatellite. In it, you will be able to program the operation of your picosatellite thanks to Arduino IDE, configuring the behaviour of the elements that compose it.

MORE INFO HERE

EPS module

This module processes the energy captured by the solar panels and stores it in batteries, distributing it to the rest of the modules. Include LiPo Battery.

MORE INFO HERE

PROTOTYPE module ( & Albedo Sensor)

Module with PCB breadboard connections and OBC-BUS so that you can carry out your own experiments. Includes Sensor Light (Albedo) and 3x LED.

MORE INFO HERE

CAMERA module

Module for capturing images using a small video camera.

Our team is working hard on this development

COMM Module (146/433MHz-FSK Modem, 30dbm)

This module will allow communications between ground and space using sub-GHz frequencies.

Our team is working hard on this development

INERTIAL Module

Module with IMU (Inertial Position Measurement Unit), magnetometer and 3 axis accelerometers. To always know the position.

Our team is working hard on this development