| Satellite | GRBAlpha (GRB-Alpha) |
|---|---|
| Type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 1U |
| Status | Operational (Official news on social media and SatNOGS reports) |
| Launched | 2021-03-22 |
| NORAD ID | 47959 |
| Deployer | 12U Deployer [Aerospace Capital] |
| Launcher | Sojuz |
| Entity name | Technical University of Kosice |
| Institution | University |
| Entity type | Academic / Education |
| Headquarters | Slovakia |
| Manufacturer | AIVT by Spacemanic |
| Operator | Spacemanic |
| Launch brokerer | Momentus |
| Oneliner |
Educational mission with digipeater and testing gamma-ray burst sensor. |
| Description |
Support the HAM radio community with the possibility of use this satellite for their activities. The satellite will have a digipeater functionality. CW beacon with callsign, telemetry and selectable special message. All the data transmitted by the satellite will be open for public use and will be published on the internet. The second goal is to test a special sensor developed by PhD students from Hungary and Japan which will be able to detect gamma ray bursts. These bursts are the signals that the gravitational waves run through the earths atmosphere. This experiment can give us the possibility to estimate the coordinates in space where the gravitational waves came from. |
| Results |
Initial rotation rates were over 18 degrees per second, but slowing down with only passive attitude control. |
| Sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
| Photo sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] |
| COTS subsystems |
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| Subsystems sources | [1] |
Last modified: 2025-04-09
