SkyCube Satellite - Nanosats Database

Satellite	SkyCube
Form factor	CubeSat
Units or mass	1U
Status	Reentry 2014-11-08. Was semi-operational until 2014-03-24, contacts only during March 24. (Official Kickstarter)
Launched	2014-01-09
NORAD ID	39567
Deployer	NRCSD (NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer) [Quad-M]
Launcher	Antares
Deployment	Deployed from ISS on 2014-02-28
Organization	Southern Stars
Institution	Company
Entity type	Commercial
Country	US
Launch brokerer	Nanoracks
Oneliner	Crowdfunded on Kickstarter. Payloads are camera and tweets names from space.
Description	Crowdfunded on Kickstarter. Payloads are camera and tweets names from space.
Failure cause	Electronics worked for at least a month but solar panels and antennas did not deploy.
Sources	[1]
Photo sources	[1] [2]
On the same launch	ArduSat 2 Flock-1 Dove-1 Flock-1 Dove-2 Flock-1 Dove-3 Flock-1 Dove-4 Flock-1 Dove-5 Flock-1 Dove-6 Flock-1 Dove-7 Flock-1 Dove-8 Flock-1 Dove-9 Flock-1 Dove-10 Flock-1 Dove-11 Flock-1 Dove-12 Flock-1 Dove-13 Flock-1 Dove-14 Flock-1 Dove-15 Flock-1 Dove-16 Flock-1 Dove-17 Flock-1 Dove-18 Flock-1 Dove-19 Flock-1 Dove-20 Flock-1 Dove-21 Flock-1 Dove-22 Flock-1 Dove-23 Flock-1 Dove-24 Flock-1 Dove-25 Flock-1 Dove-26 Flock-1 Dove-27 Flock-1 Dove-28 LitSat-1 LituanicaSAT-1 SkyCube UAPSAT-1

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