Goliat Satellite

Goliat
Goliat
Satellite Goliat
Spacecraft type CubeSat
Units or mass 1U
Status Reentry 2014-12-31. Was semi-operational until? Intermittent beacons, but no two-way communications.
Launched 2012-02-13
NORAD ID 38080
Deployer P-POD (Poly-Picosatellite Orbital Deployer)
Launcher Vega
Organization University of Bucharest
Institution University
Entity type Academic / Education
Headquarters Romania
Launch brokerer ESA Education Office, Cal Poly
Partners University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romanian Space Agency, Romanian Institute for Space Sciences
Oneliner

Educational space systems engineering and camera.

Description

Obtain a multidisciplinary team of students which, by the end of the project, shall be able to design, integrate and operate a full nanosatellite mission.

  • Developing, integrating, testing, launching and operating a CubeSat type satellite and its components;
  • Designing, developing and integrating a specific satellite payload;
  • Designing and constructing the ground station infrastructure.

From a scientific point of view, the Romanian CubeSat will integrate three experiments in LEO: Dose-N – determining the total dose of radiation in orbit; SAMIS – micrometeorites detection in orbit; CICLOP – 3MP digital camera equipped with a custom lens mount.

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Keywords First CubeSat of country
On the same launch

Last modified: 2024-05-29

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