Phonesat

Ongoing nasa project that uses cots smartphones and arduino

platforms and launch them in leo.
Strives to cut cost by using smartphone
Uses different sensors present in mobiles to observe space
Li ion battery in mobile used for power resources
Chassis is 1U cubesat
Other software and firmwares are made opensource wherever possible
Serves as a basis for future low cost satellite missions
Similar missions STRand I
Links http://phonesat.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhoneSat
http://www.citizensinspace.org/2012/04/phonesat/
Phonesat 1a and 1b payload features htc one smartphone
Free up the cubesat volume for additional payload using
avionics miniaturize

Payload details smartphone was flown as a payload. the

payload was also equipped with an IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit). During the flight, the accelerometer and magnetometer data from the
phone and IMU were collected and stored in the phones SD-card. Despite the accelerometer saturating at about 2G, the test was
successful since the smartphone was proven to survive the launch environment conditions.