| Spacecraft name | GRBBeta (GRB-Beta) |
|---|---|
| Spacecraft type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 2U |
| Status | Operational (Many SatNOGS reports with data, last on 2024-09-02 as of 2024-09-02) |
| Launched | 2024-07-09 |
| NORAD ID | 60237 |
| Deployer | EXOpod Nova 12U/16U [Exolaunch] |
| Launcher | Ariane 6 |
| Organisation | Technical University of Kosice |
| Institution | University |
| Entity type | Academic / Education |
| Country | Slovakia |
| Manufacturer | AIVT by Spacemanic |
| Launch brokerer | Momentus |
| Partners | Faculty of Aeronautics of the Technical University Košice |
| Oneliner |
Educational mission with digipeater and testing gamma-ray burst sensor. |
| Description |
Packet radio services in the VHF and UHF amateur bands as well as an experimental Sband downlink module. In addition, GRBBeta contains experimental payloads, including an upgraded version of the gamma-ray detector subsystem and attitude determination and control systems along with technologies allowing onboard firmware upgrade (that also have flight heritage on GRBAlpha). This latter feature also allows both the fine-tuning and the complete upgrade of the radio FEC parameters on the fly. |
| Results |
Initial rotation rates were over 18 degrees per second, but slowing down with only passive attitude control. |
| Sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] |
| Photo sources | [1] [2] [3] |
| COTS subsystems |
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| On the same launch |
Last modified: 2025-01-31
