Horizons Satellite - Nanosats Database

Spacecraft name	Horizons (RS59S, Space-PI, Space π)
Form factor	CubeSat
Units or mass	3U
Status	not launched, expected in 2024
Launcher	Sojuz
Organisation	Baltic State Technical University “VOENMEH”
Institution	University
Entity	Academic / Education
Headquarters	Russia
Manufacturer	AIVT by Geoscan
Oneliner	Demonstrating spacecraft platform technologies and amateur radio mission.
Description	Will employ a deployable solar panel. Electronic components testing unit. Flywheel satellite attitude control unit. S-band communications unit with Earth remote sensing functionality. Radio amateurs across the world will be able to receive images from onboard cameras and telemetry data. Images will be transmitted on UHF link using GEOSCAN framing. Images can be decoded using commonly available tools. Transmission of images will also take place on S and X bands. For S-band transmission LoRa modulation will be used. X-band downlink will be using DVB-S2. Decoders will be published online, per downlink activation.
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COTS subsystems	PLATFORM - Geoscan
Subsystems sources	[1]

Last modified: 2024-05-29