FACSAT Satellites

FACSAT
FACSAT
FACSAT
FACSAT
FACSAT
FACSAT
FACSAT
Spacecraft FACSAT
Type CubeSat
Units or mass 6U
Organisation Colombian Air Force
Institution Military
Entity type Government (Civil / Military)
Nation (HQ) Colombia
Nation (AIT) Denmark
Manufacturer AIVT by GomSpace
Costs $770,000
Oneliner

Demonstrator for low inclination constellation for the Colombian Air Force.

Description

The potential FACSAT Program, formed by a unique low inclination constellation and planned to be launched in 2020, will provide the Colombian Air Force with unprecedented space capacities. GomSpace is currently delivering the FACSAT-1 nanosatellite as a turnkey project to the Colombian Air Force with a contracted launch in the first half of 2018.

Sources [1] [2]
Photo sources [1] [2] [3] [4]
COTS subsystems
  • PLATFORM - GomSpace
Space photos FACSAT

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Related Spacecraft

Spacecraft Status Rocket Launch date Orbit
FACSAT-1 (FAC SAT) Reentry 2023-06-03. Was operational? (Public news on 2018-12-03) PSLV, (C43) 2018-11-29 485 km, 97.5 deg
FACSAT-2 (FACSAT CHIRIBIQUETE) Operational (Space photo from 2023-10-11 shared on LinkedIn) Falcon 9, (Transporter-7) 2023-04-15 500 km, 97.4 deg

Last modified: 2024-05-29

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