MYSat: Malaysia cubesat

MYSat-Malaysia

Mission Statement

The atmospheric studies have been conducted all over the world using ground radar system, GPS receiver and space-borne such as satellite and launcher. Atmospheric parameter subject to atmosphere study are electron density, temperature and magnetic field that are sensitive to the variations of D, E and F layers of ionosphere. However, we are lacking of facilities such as satellite and ground radar that provided data for atmospheric studies specifically in South East Asia (SEA) region. The study and observation of ionosphere activity over the SEA is as important as any study conducted all over the world because the data from atmospheric studies can be used in disaster management such as precursor for earthquake and tsunami, lightning and typhoon location, volcanic eruption etc. Almost of 70% of SEA in on Pacific Ring of Fire, this data is very important since this natural disaster will affect the SEA region and a part of South Asia region and leave an impact to socio-economics to the country respectively.

Primary Mission Objective

To measure electron density in ionosphere start from the F layer (400km) to D layer (60 km) for local disaster management

Secondary Mission Objective

To develop university capabilities in designing Nano-satellite

To expose student in mission design and analysis

Orbital parameters

Altitude: 350-460 km

Inclination: 51.6 degree

Perigee: 6719 km

Apogee: 6713 km

Eccentricity: 0.0005

Orbital Period: ~ 90 min (~5400 sec)

Micro/mini satellites for earthquake studies - toward international collaboration Advances in Geosciences, 2010

K. -I. Oyama, Y. Kakinami, J. Y. Liu, C. Y. Chen and T. Kodama

Satellite remote sensing in earthquake prediction. A review National Postgraduate Conference (NPC), 2011

Habibeh Valizadeh Alvan　Dept. of Civil Engineering, University Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang, Malaysia
Farid Haydari Azad　Dept. of Civil Engineering, University Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang, Malaysia

Geophysicist Seeks New Quake Forecast Research SSIG, September 12, 2013

TOKYO, Sept 12 (Bernama) – Japanese geophysicist Seiya Ueda has proposed a new type of research for earthquake predictions that takes into account precursor phenomena that have not been used by seismologists, Japan’s Jiji Press reported.

Modifications of the ionosphere prior to large earthquakes: report from the Ionosphere Precursor Study Group Geoscience Letter, 2016

K.-I. Oyama, M. Devi, K. Ryu, C. H. Chen, J. Y. Liu, H. Liu, L. Bankov and T. Kodama

Space Environment and Kibo Utilization Workshop (SEKUW) April 18-19 2016

Development of Malaysia Cube-sat Scientific Mission Dr. Norilmi Amilia Ismail, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

Observation on vertical electron density profile in e-layer ionosphere before Indian-ocean earthquake on December 2004 using CHAMP 2016/10/18

Siti Harwani Md Yusoff, Lim Hwee San, Yoon Tiem Leong

The 23rd Session of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF-23) 15-18 November 2016

Development of MYSat, a 1U University CubeSat Mission
Dr. Norilmi Amilia Ismail, Lecturer
School of Aerospace Engineering, University Sains Malaysia

NANOSATELLITE MYSat TO BE LAUNCHED INTO ORBIT

USM, PENANG, 13 January 2017 – A cube-shaped NanoSatellite named MYSat or Malaysia Youth Satellite would be launched into outer space to study the possibility of early detection of earthquakes, the outcome of a research by a group of students and their lecturers from the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) School of Aerospace Engineering (PPKA).

The satellite is expected to be launched beginning next year and to be put in orbit between 6 months to a year depending on environmental conditions; the launching will be carried out by astronauts from the Kibo module owned by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) at the International Space Station (ISS).

The total cost of the programme, which involves a spacecraft bus, payload, launcher, construction and operation of a ground station, and personnel including satellite operators is estimated to be at RM250,000.

* 雙方簽技術交流備忘錄理大生可到航天局實習 [pdf]（光明日報）

NATGRAD 2017

Orbit Design and Lifetime Analysis of MYSat: A 1U CubeSat for Electron-density Measurement
Ahmad Shaqeer, Norilmi Amilia Ismail

Malaysia Belajar Teknologi Pembuatan Satelit Indonesia May 10, 2017

Tidak bisa dipungkiri, Indonesia adalah negara di Asia Tenggara yang paling maju dalam bidang penerbangan dan antariksa. Hal tersebut praktis mengundang beberapa negara tetangga yang tertarik bekerja sama dalam bidang ini. Setelah beberapa waktu yang lalu, Jawatan Perikanan Malaysia berkunjung ke LAPAN untuk berdialog dengan peneliti LAPAN mengenai Zona Potensi Penangkapan Ikan (ZPPI), selanjutnya pada Senin (08/05) Norilmi Amalia dan tim berkunjung ke Pusat Teknologi Satelit (Pusteksat) LAPAN di Bogor.

ANGKASA TALK - Ionosphere Disturbance before Large Earthquake and Problems of Ionosphere Measurement by Tiny Satellite August 14, 2017

Agensi Angkasa Negara (ANGKASA) berbesar hati menjemput Y.Bhg. Datuk/ Dato’/ Prof./ Dr./ Tuan/ Puan untuk hadir sesi syarahan umum di atas pada 14 Ogos 2017, jam 8.30am.

Tujuan syarahan umum ini adalah untuk mewujudkan satu platform kepada pakar sains dari penyelidik bagi berkongsi maklumat saintifik terkini yang menarik secara terus kepada penyelidik, pensyarah, saintis, pelajar prasiswazah dan pasca siswazah.

Prof. Dr. Koichiro Oyama yang merupakan saintis kanan di International Center for Space Weather Sciences and Education (ICSWSE), Kyushu University Hakozaki, Fukuoka, Jepun. Syarahan umum ini terbuka kepada semua komuniti penyelidik dan saintis di Malaysia.


A discussion with Prof Koh-Ichiro Oyama and Dr Hui-Kuan Fang from Institute of Space and Plasma Science, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Mission Analysis and Design of MYSat - A 1U Cubesat For Electron-density Measurement IAC 2017

Mr. Ahmad Shaqeer Mohamed Thaheer

RESEARCH TOPICS FOR FINAL YEAR PROJECT 2017/2018

Development of Electron Temperature and Density Probe (TeNeP) for MYSAT: Pn. Siti Harwani Md Yusoff

BMKG Builds Geomagnet Station to Observe Earth Magnetic Field 30 January 2018

Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has built a geomagnet station to observ the earth's magnetic field in North Lombok regency, West Nusa Tenggara..

Head of Mataram Geophysics Station Agus Riyanto, said the station is built on land owned by Islamic Boarding School of Nurul Bayan, in Bayan District. The earth's magnetic field data can be utilized for earthquake precursors useful for research.

The selection of North Lombok Regency as the location is based on the area being prone to earthquake and tsunami.

"So the geomagnet station was built in 2017 to provide initial information if there is an earthquake," said Agus, Monday (1/29/2018).

* The MAGDAS project The past and next 10 years (UNOOSA)

Space Generation [ASEAN] 2018 January 31

Norilmi Amilia Ismail (Subject Matter Expert)

Possibility of strong quake needs further study: BMKG April 6 2018

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) clarified on Thursday that the possibility of a 8.7-magnitude earthquake striking the Sunda Megathrust, which it raised in late February, could not be ascertained yet as the matter required further study.

The agency plans to cooperate with Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan, to conduct a seismic precursor study assessing soil condit...

* Brief Study Earthquake Precursor with ULF Band Geomagnetic in Indonesia as Preliminary Research MAGDAS-9 BMKG-SERC In Sumatera, INDONESIA

15th Annual CubeSat Developer's Workshop program

A “ThinSat” to Determine Ionospheric Drag and Local Plasma Dynamics　John Roser　U.S. Naval Academy
Measuring Electron Density in the Ionosphere to Detect Precursors of Seismic Events　Aryan Lobie　University of Auckland
Design of The ADCS of MYSat-1　Adham Alkhaja Khalifa　University of Science and Technology
Interpretation of Double Langmuir Probe I-V Characteristics at Different Ionospheric Plasma Temperatures　Shankar Bhattarai　MSc Physics, Department of Physics, Patan Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Lalitpur, Nepal

* Will ThinSats inspire the next generation of engineers and scientists? | History of CubeSats

International Conference on Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (AeroMech17) 1 June 2018

Comparative study of MYSat attitude stability effect on power generation and lifetime
Norilmi Amilia Ismail, Ahmad Shaqeer Mohamed Thaheer and Mohd. Izmir Yamin

UiTM, the nation's first nano-satellite smooth university into space June 29, 2018

"The satellites have six missions, including image retrieval, testing satellite location correlations, Global Positioning System (GPS) chip tests, measuring the magnetic field in space for geomagnetic mapping data in Southeast Asia and radio communications.

UiTM students just launched a satellite into space! And you won’t guess how much it cost… 06/07/2018

There were traces of a Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) project named MYSat, which is also a CubeSat that aimed to collect data from orbit that may help detect earthquakes. The whole project cost was estimated to be around RM25,000, and it was expected to be launched sometime this year. However, we’ve failed to find any other information related to the current status of the project. The last post on MYSat’s social media page had been in January last year.

Penggabungan Agensi Angkasa Negara (ANGKASA) dan Agensi Remote Sensing Malaysia (ARSM) bagi membentuk Agensi Angkasa Malaysia (Malaysian Space Agency – MYSA) 2019-03-04

USM Space System Lab | MYSat-Malaysia (Facebook)

JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer: J-SSOD (JAXA)

Ionosphere and Space Weather System (Angkasa)

InnoSat | TiungSat 1 (MySat 1, Malaysian-OSCAR 46, MO 46) (Gunter's Space Page)

Thailand Space Weather Information and Applications Center

MAGDAS Data Archive | MAGDAS-II MAGDAS-9 REALTIME PLOT