Singapore’s second locally-built satellite VELOX-PII was successfully launched into space on board Russia’s RS-20B rocket at 3:10pm (Singapore time) on Nov. 21.
VELOX-PII was built entirely by students from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and will be monitored on a new ground station on the campus for the next 1 year.
The first satellite X-SAT, jointly built by NTU and DSO National Laboratories, was launched two years ago in April 2011 and is also currently in operation.
Prof. Bertil Andersson, president of NTU, said that the VELOX-PII is a fantastic showcase of NTU’s strengths in research and engineering which bodes well for the future of Singapore’s aerospace and space industry.
Students are also currently working on the final stages of a 4.5-kilogramme nano-satellite named VELOX-I, which will be ready early next year.
Photo: NTU’s website
