page_title: Chasqui I
section_title: System Orbits – SORS
hierarchical_section_title: Chasqui I / Project Modules / System Orbits – SORS
caption_attribution_description: Español: SORS
context_page_description: Chasqui I is a one-kilogram nanosatellite project that was launched by hand from the International Space Station during a spacewalk on August 18, 2014. The concept satellite was equipped with two cameras, a visible and an infrared, which could take photos of the Earth.
  The Chasqui I was developed by students at Peru's National University of Engineering and was part of an educational project to acquire the experience and ability in developing satellites.
  The name of the project refers to the chasqui, messengers of the Inca Empire.
context_section_description: The module aims to simulate the trajectories of Chasqui I, which is previously calculated differential equations of motion and then solve them in parallel with two programs: Delphi and Matlab.
  This simulation is accomplished by taking into consideration the following phases:
  Considering the Earth as an inertial reference system, the quadrupole term of the gravitational potential and using Newton's second law, we obtained the equations of motion are nonlinear equations.
  Using the Runge-Kutta of order 4 with the Delphi program to solve the equations of motion energy remaining constant.
  Phase 2 was repeated with the Matlab program and with this software are carried out trajectory simulations Chasqui I.
caption: Trajectory of Chasqui I
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