BLUEsat UNSW

The Basic Low Earth Orbit UNSW Experimental Satellite (BLUEsat) project is an engineering project being undertaken by undergraduate students at the University of New South Wales. It aims to raise awareness of space and give students the opportunity to undertake space engineering projects.

BLUEsat UNSW
Mission statement	To give students real-world experience in multi-disciplinary space engineering projects, and promote space technology in Australia.[1]
Commercial?	No
Type of project	Space
Products	BLUEtounge Rover, BLUEsat Satellite v1
Location	Sydney
Owner	UNSW
Country	Australia
Established	1997[2]
Funding	UNSW, and Corporate Sponsors [3]
Status	Active
Website	bluesat.com.au

Current projects include an Mars Rover, a number of satellite related projects, and stratospheric balloons. [2]

Current progress

BLUEsat's ground station team is currently assisting [ACSER]'s [ECO360] satellite. The satellite team is building a number of systems.

BLUEsat's Off-World Robotics team is currently designing a new rover platform to replace the old one. OWR's previous rover platform, Bluetounge, came 16th out of 40 in the European Rover Challenge 2015 and 9th at the 2016 iteration of the challenge.[4]

BLUEsat is also undertaking work on cubesats and stratospheric balloons.

Current executives

• Raghav Hariharan - President Studying Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering and Computer Science [5]
• Anita Smirnov - Secretary [5]
• Steven Watts - ARC Delegate [5]
• Yasmin Akhtar - Treasurer [5]
• Bohan Deng - Chief Technical Officer (Off World Robotics) [5]
• Timothy Guo - Chief Technical Officer (Satellite) [5]

Competition Results

Year	Competition	Ranking
2015	European Rover Challenge	16th
2016	European Rover Challenge	9th
2018	European Rover Challenge	8th

References

1. http://bluesat.com.au/
2. http://bluesat.com.au/
3. "BLUEsat - Sponsors".
4. "BLUEsat - Sponsors".
5. "BLUEsat - New Exec".

External links

• BLUEsat project website