| Name | UPSat (CubeSat by the University of Patras, GR02) |
|---|---|
| Spacecraft type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 2U |
| Status | Reentry 2018-11-12. Was operational until 2017-05-20, 3 days? Was semi-operational until 2018-03-28? (Quiet for 5 months and then came back. Personal contact) |
| Launched | 2017-04-18 |
| NORAD ID | 42716 |
| Deployer | NRCSD (NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer) [Quad-M] |
| Launcher | Atlas V (QB50) |
| Deployment | Deployed from ISS on 2017-05-18 |
| Organisation | Libre Space Foundation |
| Institution | Non-profit |
| Entity type | Academic / Education |
| Headquarters | Greece |
| Launch brokerer | Nanoracks |
| Partners | QB50, University of Patras |
| Oneliner |
Part of QB50 to study lower termosphere. |
| Description |
First open source software and hardware satellite in orbit. The first and most significant mission would be to successfully transmit science data from the mNLP unit back to earth. The second experiment would be to acquire photos of the Earth and especially photos of Greece from space and successfully transmit them to the ground station(s). Finally the integration of Composite Materials into a “hybrid” structure is also one of the goals the team set. QB50. Composite frame |
| Sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
| Photo sources | [1] [2] |
| Keywords | Open-source, QB50 |
| On the same launch |
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Last modified: 2024-05-29
