BEESAT 1 Spacecraft - Nanosats Database

Satellite	BEESAT-1
Form factor	CubeSat
Units or mass	1U
Status	Operational (Anomaly preventing telemetry downlink in 2013 but recovered in 2024. Telemetry with data last received in SatNOGS on 2023-06-03 last checked on 2023-06-06. First pictures taken late 2024.)
Launched	2009-09-23
NORAD ID	35933
Deployer	PSL / PSL-P (Picosatellite Launcher) [Astrofein]
Launcher	PSLV
Organisation	Technical University of Berlin
Institution	University
Entity	Academic / Education
Nation	Germany
Launch brokerer	ISILaunch
Partners	Astrofein
Oneliner	Demonstrate CubeSat platform technologies and verification of reaction wheels.
Description	Verification of miniaturized reaction wheels in the space environment. Test of a novel satellite bus system. Power scope improvement of pico- and nanosatellites.
Results	An anomaly occurred in 2013, preventing the downlink of telemetry until September 2024. Over the past two months (2024-2025), the camera payload of BEESAT-1 has been successfully commissioned. While the attitude control is currently limited to manual use of the magnetorquers pending reaction wheel testing, some images could be captured and downloaded. In BEESAT-1's now over 15 years journey in space these are the first images and we look forward to capturing and sharing more in the future. Images: "First Light": 2024-11-18 09:19 UTC "Warsaw and Poland": 2024-12-13 08:09 UTC "Horizon above Spain": 2024-12-21 10:15 UTC "Hungary and Alps": 2024-12-21 08:33 UTC "Horizon above Eastern Europe": 2024-12-24 07:21 UTC
Sources	[1] [2] [3]
Photo sources	[1] [2]
Space photos	[1]
On the same launch	BEESAT 1 ITUpSAT-1 SwissCube UWE-2

Last modified: 2025-04-12