The partnership between WhiteHat Jr and EnduroSat(providing space industry solutions and is the fastest-growing space company in Europe) will promote applied science opportunities for students who will be able to send commands to, and access data from a satellite operating in space.

According to the official blog, The partnership calls for a satellite launch in December 2021 with a payload dedicated to WhiteHat Jr that will provide students with exciting space-related learning opportunities. In addition, WhiteHat Jr students will have access to a satellite that will be launched on a trial basis in June 2021. According to the announcement, both satellites will use SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rideshare.

Key characteristics of December 2021 satellite (codename AYANA) include:

– 30+ onboard sensors (e.g., infrared, temperature, etc.)

– Cameras and other tools

– A programmable computer (Raspberry Pi)

– Communication with a station on Earth once every 5-6 hours

The program will be available to WhiteHat Jr students in grade 1-9 who has enrolled for 144 class coding course. Students will build curriculum-based applications, using dedicated software and that will be transmitted to the satellite via an EnduroSat API. Once received, the onboard computer & the WhiteHat Jr. payload computer would be set up to orchestrate systems, run the application, analyze the sensor data, and send the results back to students on Earth.