| Satellite | ICUBE 1 |
|---|---|
| Type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 1U |
| Status | Was operational until 2014-01-08? |
| Launched | 2013-11-21 |
| NORAD ID | 39432 |
| Deployer | PEPPOD, GPOD (GAUSS Picosatellites Orbital Deployer) [GAUSS] |
| Launcher | Dnepr |
| Entity name | Islamabad Institute of Science and Technology |
| Institution | Institute |
| Entity | Government (Civil / Military) |
| Nation | Pakistan |
| Launch brokerer | GAUSS |
| Oneliner |
Educational space systems engineering and imaging payload. |
| Description |
Provide students the skills and experiences required to build pico and nano satellites. The primary mission objective of ICUBE is to design, develop, integrate and launch picosatellite standard CubeSat. The secondary objectives are the communication, in-orbit operation and collection of the payload data. Imaging payload with a small low resolution CMOS sensor. The C3188A imaging module uses Omnivision’s CMOS image sensor OV7620. The camera will be mounted on the Z+ face of the ICUBE and can take continental scale images. |
| Sources | [1] |
| Photo sources | [1] [2] |
Last modified: 2023-06-09
