DUSAN RADOSAVLJEVIC. HEAD OF THE COMMITTEE FOR SPACE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, SERBIA
Dušan Radosavljević graduated on the Faculty of Technical Sciences in the University of Novi Sad. He is currently head of the Committee for Space Programme Development – Republic of Serbia, cadet pilot of SMATSA Aviation Academy, member of the Aeronautical Union of Serbia/Vojvodina and Radio-Amateur Alliance of Serbia (YU7RJD). He is the author of the WQM-Serbia (Water Quality Management - System for satellite monitoring of surface water quality (S&F) in real-time and early-warning system) project and the international UNITY Program.
After completing the CLTP7 course, he launched an educational programs related to space engineering for students of elementary, secondary and higher education in Serbia: CanSat & Water Rocket, within the national formal educational system.
He is the author of the national strategy for the development of education/human resources and technical/technological capacities in the sphere of space engineering.
Presentation Synopsis:
‘An Overview of the Design and Development of Indo-Serbian PocketQube; A Frugal Way to Access Low Earth Orbit’
Every nation, be it big or small, aspires to launch their own satellite to space and wishes to provide an opportunity to their scientists/students, in order to encourage them to continue space research. For the majority of the nations and academic institutions/universities, it is still a distant dream!
Committee for Space Programme Development (CSPD), Serbia, has been striving hard to provide an opportunity for building and launching satellites for former Yugoslavian countries. In continuation of their sustained efforts over the last 2-3 years, CSPD has succeeded in establishing a working relationship with India and paved the way for Indo-Serbian Collaborative Research leading to the realisation of the launching of satellites of small nations.
This presentation highlights the opportunities opened up globally during Space 2.0 era and need for the PocketQube as a frugal way to access space and sustain space research by academic institutions and small nations to realize their dream in a more frugal way!