| Satellite name | TISAT-1 (Ticino Satellite-1) |
|---|---|
| Spacecraft type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 1U |
| Status | Semi-operational? Fell silent 2015-03-15, but came back? (CW beacon still received as per last SatNOGS report from 2023-06-06 last checked on 2023-06-06) |
| Launched | 2010-07-12 |
| NORAD ID | 36799 |
| Deployer | XPOD (eXperimental Push Out Deployer) [UTIAS/SFL] |
| Launcher | PSLV |
| Organisation | University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) |
| Institution | University |
| Entity type | Academic / Education |
| Headquarters | Switzerland |
| Launch brokerer | Space Flight Laboratory (UTIAS-SFL) |
| Oneliner |
Materials experiment to monitor atomic oxygen effects. |
| Description |
Monitoring of the durability of exposed thin bonding wires, PCB tracks and lines (Atomic Oxygen effects). Verification of the system fault tolerance scheme. Acquisition of spacecraft environment and operating data. All firmware, in house developed baseband modulation schemes. |
| Sources | [1] [2] |
| Photo sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
| On the same launch |
Last modified: 2024-05-29
