Second Hungarian satellite in the making

The first Hungarian satellite was launched into Earth’s orbit in 2012, and it was a huge milestone in Hungarian space research history. The first Hungarian satellite was Masat-1, and it was constructed at Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME). Now, people at BME are working on the second Hungarian satellite called Smog-1, Index.hu reports.

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Masat-1

The first Hungarian satellite, Masat-1 took four years to design, develop and to build. Masat-1 was operating perfectly for 1062 days until its destruction, said Levente Dudás, chief mechanic of the Smog-1 project. Masat-1 was a CubeSat which is a type of miniaturised satellite made up of multiples of 10×10×10 cm cubic units. CubeSats have a mass of no more than 1.33 kilograms per unit.

Smog-1

In recent years, a new type of satellite emerged called PocketQube. A PocketQube is a type of miniaturised satellite made up of 5x5x5 cm cubic units. It has a mass of no more than 180 grams. It is half the size of a CubeSat satellite. Smog-1 is a PocketQube type of satellite.