Nanosatellite Launch System

This article is about the Space Flight Laboratory satellite series. For Nanosatellite launch vehicles more generally, see Nanosatellite launch vehicle.

The Nanosatellite Launch System (NLS) is a series of satellite launch missions launched 2003–2010, coordinated by the Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS).

NLS has provided low-cost launch services for a number of nanosatellites.^[1]

Missions

NLS 1

• Launch date: 30 June 2003^[1]
• Launch vehicle: Rockot
• Launch site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome
• Participants: CanX-1, AAUSAT-1, DTUsat

NLS 4

• Launch date: 28 April 2008^[2]
• Launch vehicle: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C9)
• Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Second Launch Pad
• Participants: CanX-2, AAUSAT-II, COMPASS-1, Delfi-C³, CUTE-1.7+APD II and SEEDS II

NLS 5

• Launch date: 28 April 2008^[3]
• Launch vehicle: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C9)
• Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Second Launch Pad
• Participants: CanX-6/NTS

NLS 6

• Launch date : July 12, 2010^[4]
• Launch vehicle: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15) ^[5]
• Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, First Launch Pad
• Participants: AISSat-1, TIsat-1^[6]

NLS 8

• Launch date : 25 February 2013^[1]
• Launch vehicle: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15)
• Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, First Launch Pad
• Participants: Sapphire,^[7] NEOSSat,^[7] TUGSAT-1,^[7] UniBRITE-1,^[8] STRaND-1,^[9] AAUSAT3^[7]