Moon Sheds Light on Kyle’s Engineer Skills

A BIRMINGHAM man is one of eight engineering students at the University of Warwick who are working with the European Space Agency to design and build a moon orbiting satellite.

The Warwick students are taking part in the European Student Moon Orbiter project, which forms part of the European Space Agency’s Student Space Exploration and Technology Initiative.

Universities from more than 15 countries are involved in different aspects of the satellite’s construction.

Kyle Hussain, from Erdington, and his collegaues are responsible for designing and building the general power supply system for the satellite.

This includes solar panel technology to generate electricity when the satellite is in flight, and batteries that will power the satellite when it moves to the dark side of the moon.

The group will also need to find a way to control the electrical supply.

University researcher Dr Bill Crofts said: “Last year’s team made a great start and this year’s team has continued to make great progress.

“They have become so central to this mission that when the European Space Agency called a special workshop in Amsterdam to finalise specifications for the satellite, they invited two students from our team to join their own project experts.”

Dr Crofts added: “Our students learn so much by applying their knowledge.”

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