Monday, January 24, 2011

Camera Phone in Space

BBC News: The team at Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) in Guildford goes to use Android-based smartphone to control 30cm-long nano-satellite and take pictures of the Earth in a space mission later this year.

Chris Bridges from the Surrey Space Centre said: "If a smartphone can be proved to work in space, it opens up lots of new technologies to a multitude of people and companies for space who usually can't afford it. It's a real game-changer for the industry."

Thanks to CDM for the link!

Update: Electronics Weekly too runs an article on this project.

3 comments:

  1. What about reliability?

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  2. Is a smartphone can work in space, a lot of EU/USA engineers will lose their job simply.

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  3. I guess it could work for some days/weeks if it has good shielding. But if you bet a 100 Million $ on it for a normal Satellite mission I guess you would still go for the EU/USA Engineers ;-P

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