NJUST-1 Satellite

NJUST-1
Spacecraft NJUST-1 (BE03)
Spacecraft type CubeSat
Units or mass 2U
Status Reentry 2019-07-20. Was semi-operational? (Last SatNOGS report 2019-05-19 with data. Last W2RTV report 2018-04-22. Beacon is useless and only saying the satellite name. Checked 2019-05-27)
Launched 2017-04-18
NORAD ID 42722
Deployer NRCSD (NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer) [Quad-M]
Launcher Atlas V (QB50)
Deployment Deployed from ISS on 2017-05-25
Organization Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Institution University
Entity type Academic / Education
Nation China
Launch brokerer Nanoracks
Partners QB50
Oneliner

Part of QB50 to study lower termosphere.

Description

UST-1 will carry one standardized sensor for multi-point, in-situ, long-duration measurements of key parameters and constituents in the largely unexplored lower thermosphere and ionosphere. NJUST are also preparing to participate in GAMANET. QB50.

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Keywords QB50
On the same launch

Last modified: 2024-05-29

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