AAU CubeSat
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AAU CubeSat was a CubeSat built and operated by students from Aalborg University in Denmark. AAU CubeSat was launched on 30 June 2003 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on a Russian Rockot launch vehicle.[3]
Quick Facts Names, Mission type ...
Names | Aalborg University CubeSat AAUSat-1 |
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Mission type | Technology demonstration |
Operator | AAU Student Space |
COSPAR ID | 2003-031G |
SATCAT no. | 27846 |
Website | www |
Mission duration | 1 month (planned) 2.5 months (achieved) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Aalborg University CubeSat |
Spacecraft type | 1U CubeSat |
Bus | CubeSat |
Manufacturer | AAU Student Space |
Launch mass | 1 kg (2.2 lb) |
Dimensions | 10 × 10 × 10 cm (3.9 × 3.9 × 3.9 in) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 30 June 2003, 14:15:26 UTC[1] |
Rocket | Rokot No. 7 |
Launch site | Plesetsk, Site 133/3 |
Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[2] |
Regime | Sun-synchronous orbit |
Perigee altitude | 818 km (508 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 830 km (520 mi) |
Inclination | 98.7° |
Period | 101.4 minutes |
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The satellite was alive for two and a half months, during which some data was received on Earth; however, it was never possible to establish a solid communication link. It is thought that there was a problem with the on-board transmitter.