ITASAT 1 (ITASAT-1)

ITASAT 1
ITASAT 1
ITASAT 1
ITASAT 1
ITASAT 1
Spacecraft name ITASAT 1 (ITASAT-1)
Spacecraft type CubeSat
Units or mass 6U
Status Semi-operational (Last SatNOGS report with changing data 2023-06-10, but the linked website is describing issues. Checked 2023-06-10)
Launched 2018-12-03
NORAD ID 43786
Deployer QuadPack (XL) [ISISpace]
Launcher Falcon 9 (Spaceflight SSO-A, SHERPA)
Organisation Technological Institute of Aeronautics
Institution University
Entity Academic / Education
Nation Brazil
Launch brokerer ISILaunch
Partners National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Northeast Regional Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), IAE
Oneliner

Test Brazilian data collection transponder for the Brazilian Data Collection System and Argos System.

Description

It carries several experimental payloads: a data collection system, a GPS receiver and a camera system providing a ground resolution of about 80 m.

Test a national (Brazilian) development of a data collection transponder compatible with the Brazilian Data Collection System and with the Argos System. Test a national (Brazilian) GPS receiver. Test a national (Brazilian) sensor board, with an IMU (3-axis accelerometer, 3-axis magnetometer and 3-axis gyrometer) and a gama and x ray sensor. Test a camera for Earth imagery. Perform a communication experiment with the amateur radio community, where the satellite will be able to receive, store and forward (under request) a number of SMP messages from/to an amateur radio.

Failure cause Batteries not working in eclipse causing resets, which wipes uplinked configuration changes
Sources [1] [2] [3] [4]
Photo sources [1] [2]
COTS subsystems
  • EPS - GomSpace NanoPower P31u
  • BATTERY - GomSpace NanoPower BP8
  • OBC - CubeSpace
  • TRANSCEIVER - ISIS UHF/VHF
  • TRANSMITTER - ISIS S-band
  • IMAGER - GomSpace NanoCam C1U
  • ADCS - GomSpace
Subsystems sources [1]
Components sources [1]

Last modified: 2023-11-04

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