Status
Success
UK-DMC3A/B/C & Rideshares
Fri Jul 10, 2015 16:28 UTC
At the time it was the heaviest commercial mission (1439 kg) successfully accomplished using a launch vehicle assembled by ISRO.
Rocket
Mission Details
UK-DMC3A
UK-DMC 3 is a constellation of three British Earth-imaging satellites which are operated by DMC International Imaging. They were constructed by Surrey Satellite Technology
UK-DMC3B
UK-DMC 3 is a constellation of three British Earth-imaging satellites which are operated by DMC International Imaging. They were constructed by Surrey Satellite Technology
UK-DMC3C
UK-DMC 3 is a constellation of three British Earth-imaging satellites which are operated by DMC International Imaging. They were constructed by Surrey Satellite Technology
Carbonite 1
Carbonite 1 or CBNT 1 is a microsatellite for technology demostrations built by SSTL.
The mission is to test some technical EO capabilities, new process and rapid-build techniques. Carbonite uses a commercial off-the-shelf camera and 0.25 m telescope to acquire videos and still pictures of Earth. Both modes show features on the ground down to a size of 1.5 m. The telescope can be disassembled and integrated into a new specially designed framework in 5 days.
DeOrbitSail
The DeOrbitSail is a project to build a 3U CubeSat sized satellite with a deployable sail that will demonstrate rapid deorbiting.
The DeOrbitSail project is a cooperation between Surrey Space Centre (UK), Caltech (USA), DLR (Germany), EADS Astrium (France), Stellenbosch University (South Africa), University of Patras (Greece), Athena-SPU (Greece), Middle-Eastern Technical University (Turkey), Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) (UK), ISIS (Netherlands).
The deorbiting capability of the DeOrbitSail satellite is due to increased aerodynamic drag from the large surface area of the deployed sail in a Low Earth Orbit (LEO).