NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

DubaiSat-2 & Others

Launch Time
Thu Nov 21, 2013 07:10 UTC

Rocket

Dnepr
Image Credit: Yuzhnoye
Kosmotras
Status: Retired
Price: $29.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 4,166 kN
Payload to LEO: 4,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 500 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 34.3 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.0 m
Fairing Height: 7.45 m

Mission Details

DubaiSat 2

DubaiSat-2 is the second Earth observation satellite of United Arab Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST).

The DubaiSat-2 project is a joint development programme between EIAST and SatrecI of South Korea, in which 16 UAE engineers have been working on the design, development, testing and manufacturing of the satellite. A Hall Effect Propulsion System (HEPS) is installed for orbit control and maintenance. Accurate and agile three-axis attitude control supports precise imaging operations. Dual redundancies are adapted where necessary in the system architecture design to increase reliability of the satellite system.

As the predecessor DubaiSat 1, it is built by Satrec Initiative to be launched in 2012. DubaiSat-2 is based pon the SpaceEye-1 configuration, which uses a SI-300 bus and the EOS-D camera.

EOS-D optical payload is a push-broom type camera with 1 m Ground Sampling Distance (GSD) for a panchromatic band and 4 m GSD for four multi-spectral bands. Swath width of the generated image is wider than 12 km. A high performance solid-state recorder is installed to receive, process, store and transmit image data in high speed. During transmission of the stored image data using X-band transmitter, the solid-state recorder compresses, encrypts and encodes the data in real time.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 300.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

STSAT-3

STSAT-3 (Science and Technology Satellite-3) is a multi-purpose microsatellite designed and developed at SaTReC (Satellite Technology Research Center) of KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology).

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 150.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

SkySat 1

SkySat-1 and 2 are commercial Earth observation satellites by Skybox Imaging, licensed to collect high resolution panchromatic and multispectral images of the earth. The satellites operate in a polar inclined, circular orbit at approximately 450 km above the earth.

Skybox becomes only the fifth organization licensed to provide high resolution space-based imagery of Earth.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 83.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

UniSat 5

UniSat-5 (University Satellite 5) is the sixth satellite designed and manufactured by GAUSS Srl. UniSat-5 design and manufacturing will involve also students and researchers from the Space Science Center of Morehead State University (MSU).

UniSat-5 is a civilian scientific microsatellite and its primary mission is to test researcher’s home grown equipment in the space conditions, create heritage for the follow-on missions and provide hands on experience and training for students from different universities.

Several satellites were separated from UniSat once in orbit (PocketQube, Wren, $50SAT, Beakersat-1, QBScout-1, ICube-1, HumSat-D, PUCP-SAT 1 & Dove-4).

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 28.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

WNISAT-1, GOMX-1 & BRITE-PL

These satellites were located in the XPOD container.

WNISAT-1 : WNISAT 1 is a nanosatellite for north arctic routes and atmosphere monitoring. The project is started from the commercial objects between Weathernews and Axelspace. The object of the WNISAT-1 mission is monitoring of the Northern sea routes and of the CO2 content of the atmosphere.

GOMX-1 : GOMSpace's GOMX-1, renamed after launch to GATOSS, is a student built amateur radio 2U CubeSat. The mission is being flown under the auspices of a Government research grant covering space related radio research. The objective of the satellite is to qualify a number of subsystems and provide extensive in-flight data.

BRITE-PL : BRITE-PL, is a mission planned to make photometric observations of some of the brightest stars in the sky in order to examine these stars for variability. The observations will have a precision at least 10 times better than achievable using ground-based observations, and it is packaged inside a CanX-class nanosatellite.

Payloads: 3
Total Mass: 22.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

HiNCube, FUNcube-1, ZACUBE 1, First-Move, UWE-3 & VELOX-P 2

These satellites were located in the ISIPOD container.

HiNCube : The Norwegian HINCube (Høgskolen i Narvik CubeSat) is the first student satellite in the ANSAT program. The satellite is being built by students at Høgskolen i Narvik (HiN).

FUNcube-1 : FUNcube 1 is a 1U CubeSat nanosat built by a team of volunteer radio amateurs and other specialists. FUNcube 1 is designed to carry a single U/V linear transponder with a beacon carrying telemetry and data for educational demonstrations from space. The project includes the development of simple receivers and display software for use at schools etc.

ZACUBE 1 : The South African ZACUBE 1 or TshepisoSat is a student-developed 1U CubeSat of CPUT, Cape Town. Its main payload is a high frequency beacon transmitter that will be used to help characterize the Earth’s ionosphere and to calibrate SANSA's auroral radar installation at the SANAE-IV base in Antarctica.

First-Move : First-MOVE, (First Munich Orbital Verification Experiment) or MOVE 1 is a 1U CubeSat built by students at the Technical University of München.

UWE-3 : UWE-1 (University of Würzburg's Experimental) satellite was used to test adaptations of internet protocols to the space environment, characterized by significant signal propagation delays due to the large distances and much higher noise levels compared to terrestrial links. Establishment of a satellite ground control.

VELOX-P 2 : VELOX-P2 is a 1U cubesat mission for technology demonstration to test in house ADAC system, power sub-system and to support a dual FOV suns sensor payload.

Payloads: 6
Total Mass: 6.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

NEE-02 Krysaor, CubeBug 2, Triton 1, Cinema 2 & 3, Delfi-n3Xt & OPTOS

These satellites were located in the ISIPOD container.

NEE-02 Krysaor : The NEE 02 Krysaor 1U CubeSat is the second satellite of Ecuador. It has successfully sent imagery of the coastal areas of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

CubeBug 2 : The CubeBug 2U CubeSat, also known as El Capitán Beto, is the second technology demonstration mission for a new cubesat platform design intended to be released as Open Source and Open Hardware for its use in Amateur projects, University projects and research labs.

Triton 1 : The purpose of the Triton satellites is a radio science mission which aims to test an experimental advanced AIS receiver. Telemetry decoding software will be made available which will allow radio amateur operators to listen to periodic downlink broadcasts containing housekeeping telemetry, payload telemetry as well as received AIS messages.

Cinema 2 & 3 : Cinema is an international nanosatellite science mission of cooperative university institutions with the objective to provide critical space weather measurements, including unique high sensitivity mapping of ENAs, and high cadence movies of ring current ENAs in stereo from low Earth orbit.

Delfi-n3Xt : The Delfi-n3Xt (or Delfi-Next) mission is second in a development line of nanosatellites called the ‘Delfi Program’ and is successor to the successful Delfi-C3 mission.

OPTOS : OPTOS is a low-cost 3 Unit CubeSat project of INTA (Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aerospacial). The objective is to demonstrate new technologies in spacecraft development.

Payloads: 7
Total Mass: 20.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 370/13, Yasny Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

2013

68th orbital launch attempt

Dnepr

19th mission
2nd mission of 2013
18th successful mission
12th consecutive successful mission