ET-SMART-RSS @ Nanosats Database

Name	ET-SMART-RSS (EthSat6U, ET= Ethiopia/ ESSTI and SMART= Beijing Smart Satellite Technology and RSS=Remote Sensing Satellite, Zhixing-1A, Zhixing No. 1 A Star)
Type	CubeSat
Units or mass	6U
Mass in kg	8.9 kg
Status	Operational (Official post on Smart Satellite website on 2020-12-23 and photos from 2020-12-26)
Launched	2020-12-22
NORAD ID	?
Deployer	Unknown
Launcher	Long March 8 (CZ-8)
Organisation	Ethiopian Space Science & Technology Institute (ESSTI)
Institution	Institute
Entity	Government (Civil / Military)
Nation (HQ)	Ethiopia
Nation (AIT)	China
Manufacturer	AIVT by Smart Satellite
Operator	Smart Satellite
Costs	$1.5 million in total funded jointly by the Belt & Road Initiative and Sunny Group.
Oneliner	Provide earth observation services to China and African countries.
Description	Provide earth observation services to China and African countries, as well as strengthen collaboration between ESSTI and SMART who have set out to jointly do business in Africa. Team at ESSTI prepared the preliminary design of the satellite and then the critical design. Smart Satellite handled the manufacturing, assembly, integration and testing (MAIT) in close consultation with the ESSTI team.
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ET-SMART-RSS (EthSat6U, ET= Ethiopia/ ESSTI and SMART= Beijing Smart Satellite Technology and RSS=Remote Sensing Satellite, Zhixing-1A, Zhixing No. 1 A Star)