Vizard-Ion Spacecraft

Vizard-Ion
Vizard-Ion
Vizard-Ion
Vizard-Ion
Vizard-Ion
Vizard-Ion
Vizard-Ion
Vizard-Ion
Vizard-Ion
Vizard-Ion
Spacecraft name Vizard-Ion (Wizard, RS59S, RS68S)
Spacecraft type CubeSat
Units or mass 3U
Mass in kg 3.098 kg
Status Operational (Many packets with data or visible packets on SatNOGS, last checked 2024-12-19)
Launched 2024-11-04
NORAD ID 61749
Deployer 12U Deployer [Aerospace Capital]
Launcher Sojuz
Organization 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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Photo sources [1] [2]
COTS subsystems
  • PLATFORM - Geoscan
Subsystems sources [1]
Keywords Propulsion
On the same launch

Last modified: 2024-12-28

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