Week 5 Topic: Satellite Fundamentals

Before participating in the Cyber City tech learning experience, it is important for your students to grasp some fundamental concepts of satellites as in the upcoming lessons the will have the opportunity to operate one.

Teaching Strategies

Video

Video 5.3.1 – What If All Satellites Suddenly Stopped Working?
Video 5.3.2 – Australia launches multi-billion smart satellite revolution
Video 5.3.3 – Cyberattack on Space: Why are space systems vulnerable to cyber-attacks?

Student Work booklet

What satellite will you launch and operate
What service will it provide to society

Resources

Videos

Video 5.3.1 - What If All Satellites Suddenly Stopped Working? Life Without Satellites

According to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) database, there are currently 6542 satellites in space orbiting the Earth.

Satellites control almost all digital work, online communications, and our life, and their activities are linked in an interconnected web. Directly or indirectly we are dependent on satellites orbiting the Earth in different orbits.

What will happen if these satellites in space cease to work all at once? Will it affect our daily life? What will be the global impact of this event?

Attribution: The World Of Science

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/_IIElm6oIKA

Video 5.3.2 - Australia launches multi-billion smart satellite revolution

UniSA Professor Andy Koronios discusses the biggest investment in space R&D in Australia’s history, focused on developing new generation smart satellites.

The miniaturisation of hardware, incorporating the equivalent computational power in a much smaller, lighter form, has made the space sector much more affordable.

Right now Australia’s space industry is estimated to be worth about 0.8 per cent of the global space market and industry advocates are targeting an increase to 1.8 per cent, which would be Australia’s fair share proportional to its economy.

Attribution: University of South Australia

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/DwSXR1irSO4

Video 5.3.3 - Cyberattack on Space: Why are space systems vulnerable to cyber-attacks?

Why are space systems vulnerable to cyber-attacks?

Much of the world’s infrastructure depends on space assets. Essential systems such as telecommunications, financial services, air transport, and weather monitoring need satellites, ground stations, and data transfer to function properly.

Attribution: Demakis Technologies

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/wGJnvicQbbs

Week 1

Cyber Security Fundamentals.

Outcomes: ST5-4, ST5-5, ST5-10

Topic Links

Value of Data

Ethics

Privacy

Week 1 Downloads

Student Work Booklet (Word)

Student Work Booklet (Interactive PDF)