The Technion and IAI have developed satellite technology for rescue, rescue and signaling missions

As part of the collaboration, a mission receiver and a satellite computer were developed for the Adlis-Samson project. In this project, three nano-satellites will be launched that will move in space in an autonomous structure flight.

Close technological and research collaboration between the Technion and the aerospace industry has led to the development of an advanced and unique mission shelter of its kind in the world of tiny satellites. The activity was carried out as part of the Technion’s Adlis-Samson project, in which three nano-satellites will be launched into space this November and will operate together in a satellite constellation. The study is designed to help receive signals from the Earth and to calculate an exact location for rescue purposes and to detect distress signals.
The mission receiver, developed and built specifically for the “Adlis-Samson” project by Elta Systems, a division and subsidiary of IAI, includes an advanced receiver capable of detecting and recording signals coming from the ground and an information processing system designed to locate the location of the transmission. This is a tiny system suitable for nano-satellites, which will allow a significant expansion of the possible range of applications of these satellites. This system integrates with the three mission computers in the satellite constellation developed by IAI’s space plant and integrated with nano-satellites.

The Adlis-Samson project has been developed in recent years by a team of researchers led by Prof. Pini Gurfil, head of the Asher Institute for Space Research and a faculty member in the Technion’s Faculty of Aeronautical and Space Engineering, with the support of the Adlis Foundation and the Israel Space Agency in the Ministry of Science and Technology. As part of the project, three nano-satellites will be launched into space and will fly in an autonomous structure flight, without human intervention. The satellites will be used to receive signals from Earth and to calculate the location of the transmission source for rescue purposes, detection and identification, remote sensing and environmental monitoring. The software and algorithms that will run the flight were developed in a laboratory for distributed space systems at the Technion.

“For more than five years we have worked closely with IAI engineers on advanced technological development,” said Prof. Pini Gurfil. “It is a masterpiece of collaboration between academia and industry, enabling a combination of advanced basic research and technology, so that both parties get to develop and implement an innovative system. We thank IAI engineers for their professionalism and commitment. The developed system places the Technion’s Adlis-Samson satellites at the forefront of global technology for the development of miniature satellites. “

IAI CEO Nimrod Sheffer: “This is a development that will take part in fascinating research in the field of new space, we see paramount importance in close cooperation with the Technion, as well as other academic institutions, to advance academic research and future developments and technologies. The shelter developed for this project is a new breakthrough in the field of space detection of electromagnetic signals transmitted from the ground and is based on the engineering knowledge and rich years of experience in the field of satellites, electronic warfare, intelligence decoding systems and communications networks.
The activity took place in close and multi-year collaboration between researchers at the Asher Institute for Space Research at the Technion – Avner Keidar, Hobik Aglarian, Eviatar Edelerman, Dr. Alex Fried and Prof. Pini Gurfil – and engineers from the IAI and aerospace industry.

The Technion’s “Adlis – Samson” academic project involves many bodies, including: the Adlis Foundation, the Goldstein Foundation, the Israeli Space Agency at the Ministry of Science, Rafael, IAI and more.