Slovenian Centre of Excellence for Space Sciences and Technologies Space-SI
The Slovenian Centre of Excellence for Space Sciences and Technologies, SPACE-SI, has been
established by a consortium of academic institutions, high-tech SMEs and large industrial and
insurance companies in order to take advantage of the benefits of small satellite technologies and
applications in Earth observation, meteorology and astrophysics. The RTD activities of SPACE-SI
are focused on high resolution interactive remote sensing and formation flying missions. These
goals are supported by the concurrent development of micro and nano satellite platforms, an
advanced ground control infrastructure and satellite integration facilities as well as a
multidisciplinary laboratory for testing of satellite systems and components in simulated space
environments.
The formation flying of small satellites offers great potentials for a whole spectrum of new missions such as application of distributed instruments for astronomy, communications, metrology and remote sensing of Earth…
Slovenian Centre of Excellence for Space Sciences and Technologies (SPACE-SI) is developing a microsatellite for Earth Monitoring and Observation in collaboration with the Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies…
As part of a work package a land station for communication with a wide array of academic and commercial satellites will be developed and set up. The investment is of great strategic importance as it will…
A terrestrial laboratory for research of highly accurate closed loop satellite guidance will be founded. Its goal is to raise the efficiency of micromechanical actuator characterization, to test…
The results of developmental, scientific and technological projects will be available in various ways via online mapping, GIS applications, remote sensing, land management, observation of natural…
Micro- and nanosatellite technologies will focus on techniques for accurate guidance of orbital platforms during interactive remote sensing and formation flying. The main developmental-exploratory breakthroughs…
