This series of Workshops  was organised by FAST4Future team and hosted by the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (South Africa).

The aim of the workshop is to promote the knowledge transfer towards Africa in the field of space missions science and technology using small satellite platforms.

Thanks to a combination of frontal lectures and hands-on sessions, the workshop covered the following topics:

• Fundamentals of astrodynamics

• Lifecycle of a space mission, requirements and systems engineering

• Nanosatellites mission design

• Nanosatellites subsystems

• Sensors for space exploration

• Environmental aspects

 

Highlights of the workshop:

• Training sessions with nanosatellite educational kits

• Visits and demo sessions at CPUT facilities, which include clean rooms, thermal cycle chambers, RF equipment testing.

• One-day visit to SANSA, the South African National Space Agency

• Mission design case study

This workshop is the start of a continuing learning path lasting 18 months, being followed by progress meetings, an intermediate virtual workshop, and a final on site workshop. As an outcome of such a learning path, attendees will be able to inject the new knowledge gained from the training week into the relevant projects at their home institution.