-What does the world have to gain? Where is the opportunity?

Our project will minimise the potential amount of damage a satellite can take through the shock waves emitted by the space craft separation process. Therefore, allot of countries will start sending satellites into the orbit which will help the country's technology and extend its reach. due to having a system with minimal damage infliction to the satellite.

-What problems does your project solve?

Our idea is to simply replace pyrotechnic methods with something that wouldn't cause an explosion that could create massive shock waves, so we went with an electro-mechanic system, tied to a hydraulic system to get rid of any shock waves that a pyrotechnic system would cause.

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To begin with, we had to understand what’s the cause of the issue, which in this case the issue is the shockwaves created during the separation of the spacecraft parts, which happens due to the pyrotechnics that are used today like explosions that can physically break parts or tiny explosions which are used to drive a cutter through a metal cable. Then we had to understand what negative effects this issue could bring. The shockwaves created during the separation can damage the satellite stored on the upper part of the spacecraft which can affect on the mission. Hence, we decided to take a non-pyrotechnic approach which itself will automatically reduce the amount of shockwaves emitted, we decided to work with something that functions rather electrically and with hydraulics. Therefore we decided to work on a rotating device

- Concisely describe your understanding of the challenge and your approach to solving it?

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-Describe the user experience.

The user will be less worried about any damage caused to the satellite or objects due to the minimised amount of shock waves emitted from our project.

- how space agency open data and technology make your solution possible?

We used the resources space agency open data to read and understand all of the previous and currently used various separation methods, we also learned about some methods they are currently studying as well, and we took ideas from these methods to come up with our own method.

-Future opportunities.

As for our future plans, if given more time we will be able to use 3D designs to visualize and study the working principal of the design further more and explore the capabilities of improving it .we will also be able to study the dimensions deeper and we will be able to come up with more detailed design and think of possible better materials to make the system smaller and more lightweight, with the possibility of making an automated system that will automatically start separating parts based on the altitude of the spacecraft.

-Recap the work you did during the hackathon and why it should be noticed.

To sum things up we had an amazing experience brainstorming and designing the device, while working we did our best to create an effective separation system that fits the goal of the challenge, which could function without depending on the pyrotechnic approach And at the same time increase the chances of launching a satellite succefully into space. We're hoping that one day our device will be noticed so that our creation could be a useful tool to assist in space missions