CAPE-1

CAPE-1 (Cajun Advanced Picosatellite Experiment) is an amateur miniaturized satellite developed by students at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The CubeSat was launched successfully into orbit at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in April 2007 after a delay of several weeks.^[2]

CAPE-1

Mission type	Technology
Operator	University of Louisiana at Lafayette
COSPAR ID	2007-012P
SATCAT no.	31130
Mission duration	18 years, 3 months and 15 days (in progress)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	1U CubeSat
Launch mass	0.879 kg (1.94 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	17 April 2007, 06:46 (2007-04-17UTC06:46Z) UTC
Rocket	Dnepr
Launch site	Baikonur 109/95
Contractor	ISC Kosmotras
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Eccentricity	0,01036
Perigee altitude	646 km (401 mi)
Apogee altitude	793 km (493 mi)
Inclination	98.1°
Period	99.2 minutes
Epoch	17 April 2007[1]

An amateur radio frequency in the 70-centimeter band was used during the satellite's operation. Intermittent continuous wave and AX.25 telemetry beacons were sent at one watt with the call sign K5USL.^[2] CAPE-1 has ceased operation, and is succeeded by the CAPE-2 picosatellite, a 1U Cubesat operating on the 2-meter and 70-centimeter bands.

See also

• Spaceflight portal

• List of CubeSats
• CAPE-2