Minotaur I TacSat-2 Launch 2006

NASA's GeneSat-1 is a 3-U CubeSat designed and built by a NASA Ames team. The satellite is the first CubeSat to carry a biological payload into space. Utilizing a special fluidics card and a 2.4 Ghz communications system, GeneSat-1 is pushing the limits in the miniturization of satellite technology. GeneSat-1 is being delivered into a LEO orbit with TacSat-2 an AFRL project. For University involvement, Santa Clara University will be providing the on-orbit controls for the satellite and GeneSat is utilizing a California Polytechnic P-POD for their orbital delivery system. The launch was an overwhelming success, meeting all mission success requirements. 

 

LAUNCH DATE:

December 16th, 2006 - 12:00 UTC

 

ORBIT PARAMETERS:

LEO Orbit

Altitude: 440 km

Origination: Wallops Launch Facility, VA

 

Click here for more information about the GeneSat Project

DNEPR EgyptSat Launch 2006

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

Russian Dnepr 

 

LAUNCH TIME:

July 26, 2006 19:43:00UTC

 

NUMBER OF CUBESAT PAYLOADS:

14

 

ORBIT PARAMETERS:

500 - 600 km Circular Orbit 

Sun-synchronous

Inclination: 97.43 deg

lTAN: 11:25 (UTC)

RAAN: 115.67 deg

 

STATUS AND SATELLITE INFORMATION:

AeroCube-1: Launch Failure

CP-1: Launch Failure

CP-2: Launch Failure

ICE CUBE-1: Launch Failure

 

ICE CUBE-2: Launch Failure

ION: Launch Failure

HAUSAT-1: Launch Failure

 

KUTESat: Launch Failure

MEROPE: Launch Failure

nCube-1: Launch failure

 

RINCON: Launch Failure

SACRED: Launch failure

SEEDS: Launch Failure

Voyager: Launch Failure

Kosmos 3M SSETI Express Launch 2005

Students from many different European countries participate in SSETI. They are building the first pan-European student satellites together. They are all united by their desire to 'launch the dream' and ESA's Education Office gives them full support. The European Student Earth Orbiter (ESEO) is the first SSETI satellite and will circle the earth, take pictures, perform a radiation experiment and test out a new propulsion system.

SSETI Express itself measures approximately 60x60x70cm and contains 3 CubeSats. SSETI Express will be launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia on the on the Kosmos-3M launch vehicle. All satellites are flight ready!

Click here for the SSETI Express Website

 

LAUNCH DATE:

October 27, 2005 - 06:52 UTC

 

ORBIT PARAMETERS:

Altitude: 686 km

Eccentricity: 0

Inclination: 98 degrees

LTAN: 10:30

 

PARTICIPATING CUBESATS:

CubeSat XI-V

NCUBE-2

UWE-1