TAU Launches Satellite To Protect Space Systems From Cosmic Rays
The “COTS-Capsule” within the TauSat-3 satellite is set to be tested by Israel's Eytan Stibbe at the International Space Station next month.
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The “COTS-Capsule” within the TauSat-3 satellite is set to be tested by Israel's Eytan Stibbe at the International Space Station next month.
TAU launched the nanosatellite on Dec. 21, 2021 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Electronics used in space normally must be custom-modified to protect them from radiation. However, the COTS-Capsule protects standard commercial equipment from radiation.
The “COTS-Capsule” within the TauSat-3 is one of the 43 experiments that the next Israeli astronaut will test on his mission to the International Space Station next month, after it successfully docked on Sunday
Israel By Hamodia Staff YERUSHALAYIM - Sunday, February 21, 2021 at 4:56 pm | ט' אדר תשפ"א An image of a nanosatellite, barely visible near the center of the image, deployed from the International Space Station. (NASA) Tel Aviv University became the first Israeli institute of higher education in space over the weekend, as a nanosatellite developed by faculty and students was released into Earth orbit. “It’s a big day for TAU,” said Colin Price, head of the Porter Department of Environmental Studies. “We have now joined the ‘Civil Space Revolution,’ called New Spac...