Mayak Satellite - Nanosats Database

Spacecraft	Mayak
Type	CubeSat
Units or mass	3U
Status	No signal (Does not carry any telemetry equipment, but also failed to automatically unfurl the reflector)
Launched	2017-07-14
NORAD ID	42830
Deployer	EXOpod 12U/16U [Exolaunch]
Launcher	Sojuz-2-1a
Organisation	Moscow State University of Mechanical Engineering
Institution	University
Entity type	Academic / Education
Country	Russia
Launch brokerer	Exolaunch
Oneliner	Unfurl a very large reflector to become the brightest object in the sky.
Description	Unfurl and use its large swath of reflectors to reflect rays from the sun back to Earth—which will make it the brightest object in the night sky.
Failure cause	Failed due to a malfunctioning Fregat attitude control thruster. Damage to CubeSat?
Sources	[1] [2]
Photo sources	[1] [2] [3]
On the same launch	CICERO-1 CICERO-2 CICERO-3 Corvus-BC 1 (Landmapper-BC) Corvus-BC 2 (Landmapper-BC) Flock-2k 1 Flock-2k 2 Flock-2k 3 Flock-2k 4 Flock-2k 5 Flock-2k 6 Flock-2k 7 Flock-2k 8 Flock-2k 9 Flock-2k 10 Flock-2k 11 Flock-2k 12 Flock-2k 13 Flock-2k 14 Flock-2k 15 Flock-2k 16 Flock-2k 17 Flock-2k 18 Flock-2k 19 Flock-2k 20 Flock-2k 21 Flock-2k 22 Flock-2k 23 Flock-2k 24 Flock-2k 25 Flock-2k 26 Flock-2k 27 Flock-2k 28 Flock-2k 29 Flock-2k 30 Flock-2k 31 Flock-2k 32 Flock-2k 33 Flock-2k 34 Flock-2k 35 Flock-2k 36 Flock-2k 37 Flock-2k 38 Flock-2k 39 Flock-2k 40 Flock-2k 41 Flock-2k 42 Flock-2k 43 Flock-2k 44 Flock-2k 45 Flock-2k 46 Flock-2k 47 Flock-2k 48 Ecuador-UTE-YuZGU Lemur-2 42 Greenberg (FM43) Lemur-2 43 ArtFischer (FM44) Lemur-2 44 Monson (FM45) Lemur-2 45 Furiaus (FM46) Lemur-2 46 Zachary (FM47) Lemur-2 47 AndiS (FM48) Lemur-2 48 PeterG (FM49) Lemur-2 49 Dembitz (FM50) Mayak MKA-N 1 MKA-N 2 NanoACE Iskra-MAI-85

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