SunbYte III
SunbYte III is the third generation of SunbYte. Our intention is to improve upon the successes achieved in SunbYte I’s participation in Bexus, and SunbYte II’s participation in NASA’s highly acclaimed HASP program.
Aim
Our focus is still the same; to take high quality images of the sun at a lower cost.
High quality is achieved by elevating the payload to an altitude where pressure is low and atmospheric distortion is scarce.
Lower cost (than space based telescopes), because the payload does not require a launch into space and for this reason is lighter because the payload does not have to withstand a rocket launch or the much more unforgiving environment of space.
Reason
Today, in the age of high technology, the ramifications of solar flares and changing solar weather are immense. It is possible for these events to negatively effect the technologies supported by satellites such as communications and navigation.
Secondary to this is supporting the learning of more than 30 engineering students.
The project supports many disciplines:
- Control systems engineers, who guarantee the functionality of attitude and determination of the telescope.
- Electronics team, who connect their algorithms to the hardware designed by our structures.
- Optics and thermal teams, which themselves house multiple engineering fields.
Team
Project leaders
Project leader: Sagar Shah
Vice project leader: Roisin Clear
Technical lead: Joshua Brownlow
Sub-team leaders
Communications: Stefan Stoian
ADCS: Wayel Kamal
Structures: Prathamesh Khatavkar and Kevin Kristianto
Thermal: Emilie Brannan
Engineers
Electronics:
Abdullah Alsulami
Jahid Ahmed
Communications:
Abdel Alomari
Abdulla Omaruddin
David Chung
George Basta
ADCS:
Grigoris Michos
Khalid Tubeileh
Omar Mohamed
Thomas Tai
Optics:
Gabriel Mason
Vaiva Zokaite
Thermal:
Bobby Brailsford
Dana Arabiyat
Oscar Downing
Structures:
Daniel Pickering
Daniele Ferretti
Joycelyn Fontanilla
Tom Dowson
Business team
Finance:
Joseph Middleton
Ciara Barrett
Outreach:
William Matthews
Gan Jiang
Academic advisors
Dr Ben Snow
School of Mathematics and Statistics, the University of Sheffield
Dr Eamon Scullion
Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering, Northumbria University
Dr Sergiy Shelyag
Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering, Northumbria University
Dr Dave Jess
Department of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast
Dr Sergei Zharkov
Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Hull
Dr James McLaughlin
Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering, Northumbria University
Dr Richard Morton
Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering, Northumbria University