Mission type | Space weather |
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Operator | Cape Peninsula University of Technology |
COSPAR ID | 2013-066B |
SATCAT no. | 39417 |
Website |
www |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | 1U CubeSat |
Manufacturer | Cape Peninsula University of Technology |
Launch mass | 1.2 kilograms (2.6 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 21 November 2013, 07:10:17[1] | UTC
Rocket | Dnepr |
Launch site | Dombarovsky 370/13 |
Contractor | Kosmotras |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 596 kilometres (370 mi) [2] |
Apogee altitude | 681 kilometres (423 mi) [2] |
Inclination | 97.75 degrees [2] |
Period | 97.36 minutes [2] |
Epoch | 24 January 2015, 03:15:51 UTC [2] |
ZACube-1 (TshepisoSat), [3] is a South African CubeSat that carries a high frequency beacon transmitter to be used for space weather research. It was launched 21 November 2013 on a Dnepr launch vehicle from Yasny, Russia. Tshepiso is the seSotho word for promise.
ZACube-1 carried a high frequency beacon transmitter and a low-resolution CMOS camera in order to perform space weather research, support education and training, enable technology demonstration, and serve as a catalyst for the national nano-satellite programme. [4] The satellite was launched in a Dnepr from the Dombarovsky, which can be found at the following coordinates: 50°48′0″N 059°31′0″E / 50.80000°N 59.51667°E [5]
Mission type | Space weather |
---|---|
Operator | Cape Peninsula University of Technology |
COSPAR ID | 2013-066B |
SATCAT no. | 39417 |
Website |
www |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | 1U CubeSat |
Manufacturer | Cape Peninsula University of Technology |
Launch mass | 1.2 kilograms (2.6 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 21 November 2013, 07:10:17[1] | UTC
Rocket | Dnepr |
Launch site | Dombarovsky 370/13 |
Contractor | Kosmotras |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 596 kilometres (370 mi) [2] |
Apogee altitude | 681 kilometres (423 mi) [2] |
Inclination | 97.75 degrees [2] |
Period | 97.36 minutes [2] |
Epoch | 24 January 2015, 03:15:51 UTC [2] |
ZACube-1 (TshepisoSat), [3] is a South African CubeSat that carries a high frequency beacon transmitter to be used for space weather research. It was launched 21 November 2013 on a Dnepr launch vehicle from Yasny, Russia. Tshepiso is the seSotho word for promise.
ZACube-1 carried a high frequency beacon transmitter and a low-resolution CMOS camera in order to perform space weather research, support education and training, enable technology demonstration, and serve as a catalyst for the national nano-satellite programme. [4] The satellite was launched in a Dnepr from the Dombarovsky, which can be found at the following coordinates: 50°48′0″N 059°31′0″E / 50.80000°N 59.51667°E [5]