Name | BEESAT-2 |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 1U |
Status | Operational (Last report on social media 2020-04-19) |
Launched | 2013-04-19 |
NORAD ID | 39136 |
Deployer | PSL / PSL-P (Picosatellite Launcher) [Astrofein] |
Launcher | Sojuz-2-1b |
Deployment | Deployed from Bion-M1 on 2013-04-26 |
Organisation | Berlin Technical University |
Institution | University |
Entity | Academic / Education |
Nation | Germany |
Launch brokerer | Exolaunch |
Oneliner |
Educational and technology demonstrations of reaction wheels and camera. |
Description |
The primary mission objective is the technical testing of miniaturized reaction wheels for attitude stabilization of a pico using a camera for Earth observation as an exemplary payload. The secondary mission objective is to embed the satellite operation in the courses of the subject area. |
Sources | [1] |
Photo Sources | [1] |
Last modified: 2022-12-29
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