AAUSAT3 is a 1U cubesat developed and constructed solely by students from Department of Electronic Systems at Aalborg University Denmark.
The work on AAUSAT3 started around 2007/2008 just after launch of AAUSAT-II (April 2008). The AAUSAT3 mission is to test two AIS receivers developed by students.
The main test area will be around Greenland, due to the low density of ships and the cooperation with our main sponsor Danish Maritime Authority.
AAUSAT3 will - hopefully - be capable of receiving AIS information and carry out on-line information analysis. Still the full AIS telegrams (the HDLC package) are stored on-board and can be downloaded. Partially damaged telegrams will be stored as well (given a number of restrictions/rules) for later repairing in the ground segment. So weak signals (like from SART equipment) may be receivable by AAUSAT3.
Facts in Brief
Launch Date: 25 February 2013 12.31 UTC
Launch Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India
Launcher: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV C-20)