ORSS – NPS Alumni Visit to the NTU Satellite Engineering
Centre (SEC) on 29 May 2009
ORSS and the NPS (Naval Postgraduate School) Alumni of Singapore co-organized a
visit to the NTU Satellite Engineering Centre (SEC) on 29 May 2009. The event was
intended to provide members of both societies an introduction and overview of SEC’s
flagship X-Sat micro-satellite project. A total of about 25 members from both societies
attended this event.
The event kicked off at 4.15pm on 29 May 09 with a presentation by the X-Sat Project
Director, Dr Goh Cher Hiang, on the progress of the X-Sat project. The X-Sat microsatellite is a 120kg remote sensing micro-satellite using an electro-optical instrument with
near real-time data downlink capability. It is the first micro-satellite designed and built
totally within NTU and is also the first made in Singapore satellite. This project is
undertaken by a joint team comprising staff from both NTU and DSO National
Laboratories and involves participation from the various NTU Schools under the College
of Engineering, as well as partners such as DSTA, CRISP (Centre for Remote Imaging,
Sensing and Processing, NUS) and overseas collaborators such as the India Space
Research Organization (ISRO), German Aerospace Centre (DLR), and South Korea’s
SaTReCi.
Presentation on X-Sat Project Status by Dr Goh Cher Hiang (X-Sat Project Director)
After Dr Goh’s excellent presentation and a short Q&A session, the attendees were led to
view a close-up display of the structural model of the X-Sat micro-satellite followed by a
visit to the clean room facility for assembly and integration of satellite electronics
(integration room). Senior technical staff from the SEC provided brief but informative
explanations of the functions of both the structural model and integration room and
answered numerous questions from the interested attendees.
Brief on X-Sat Structure Model
Brief on Clean Room Facility
The event ended at 5.30pm after the attendees had the chance to mingle and chat with the
SEC staff and amongst themselves over coffee, tea, and snacks.
By: Tiah Yao Ming (ORSS Management Committee Member)