After three years of hard work, a project in software engineering in both AMIT B’levav Shalem Yeshiva High School, Yerucham, and Ulpanat AMIT Givat Shmuel, has successfully produced two nanosatellites. Project TEVEL allows students to build working satellites that are then launched into space. An exciting graduation ceremony was held this week in Netanya in the presence of the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, MK Orit Farkash-Hacohen, and the director of the Israeli Space Agency, Avi Blasberger.
The students built nanosatellites that will be launched into space from the United States in approximately four months, on top of a SpaceX satellite. All stages of satellite design, development, and construction were done by the students under the professional guidance of the Herzliya Science Center and experts from the industry and academia. After the satellites launch, the control, monitoring, and processing of the data received from them will be carried out by the students.
The nine enthusiastic students from AMIT B’levav Shalem and 16 students from Ulpanat AMIT Givat Shmuel, completed 10 software engineering Bagrut units as part of the program. They did a final project consisting of construction and programming of satellite code and communications station, for the upcoming space flight. Talia Barth from AMIT Givat Shmuel shared: “We were given a rare opportunity to take part in such a project. We worked hard and of course we learned a lot about space, and everything related to it, but no less importantly, we learned to believe in ourselves. The sense of satisfaction that accompanied the project was enormous.”
“We worked on the project for several years; we aspired to go far, and during the Covid period, it was not easy to keep up but we succeeded. It is a great honor to be part of a national project and succeed in reaching space,” said students from AMIT B’levav Shalem, Elad Norsi and Amitai Algom.
“Givat Shmuel is a city that puts the field of education at the top of its list of priorities. We are incredibly proud of our dedicated and professional education teams, and of course the wonderful and talented children and youth who grow up here in our city. We want to thank our wonderful students for the initiative, support, and execution of this amazing project. We are all proud of you and are keeping our fingers crossed for the long-awaited launch into space,” said Givat Shmuel Mayor, Yossi Brodney.
Aner Leshem, principal of AMIT B’levav Shalem, said: “A big thank you to the Herzliya Science Center and all the staff who partnered with our teachers Harel and Hadas. Thanks to them, our students participated in a national, meaningful, learning experience that proved to our students the sky is not the limit.”
The team from AMIT B’levav Shalem Yeshiva High School, Yerucham
The team from Ulpanat AMIT Givat Shmuel
