Vizard-Ion Satellite - Nanosats Database

Name	Vizard-Ion (Wizard, RS59S)
Spacecraft type	CubeSat
Units or mass	3U
Mass in kg	3.098 kg
Status	not launched, expected in 2024
Launcher	Sojuz
Entity name	MGU-STANDARD
Institution	Company
Entity type	Commercial
Country	Russia
Manufacturer	AIVT by Geoscan
Oneliner	Flight tests of a signal receiver for global navigation satellite systems GLONASS/GPS, a plasma propulsion system and a visible optical camera.
Description	The small spacecraft "Vizard-ion" of the MGU-STANDARD company was created on the basis of the Geoscan 3U satellite platform. Designed for flight testing of the VERA plasma propulsion system and the receiver of signals from the GLONASS/GPS global navigation satellite systems for studying the ionosphere. Another payload of the cubesat is a camera with a resolution of 1632x1232 (2MP). Educational partner: state budgetary educational institution of the city of Moscow “School No. 1522 named after V. I. Churkin.”
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COTS subsystems	PLATFORM - Geoscan
Subsystems sources	[1]
Keywords	Propulsion

Last modified: 2024-05-29