KNACKSAT (KMUTNB Academic Challenge of Knowledge SATellite)

KNACKSAT
Satellite KNACKSAT (KMUTNB Academic Challenge of Knowledge SATellite)
Type CubeSat
Units or mass 1U
Status Was semi-operational until 2018-12-07. (Maybe weak packet visually seen on 2019-02-22. Official Twitter. Checked on 2019-05-26)
Launched 2018-12-03
NORAD ID 43806?
Deployer QuadPack (XL) [ISISpace],?
Launcher Falcon 9 (Spaceflight SSO-A, SHERPA)
Entity name King Mongkut's University of Technology
Institution University
Entity Academic / Education
Headquarters Thailand
Launch brokerer Spaceflight
Oneliner

Demonstrate CubeSat platform technologies plus camera to take photos of Earth.

Description

Testing in-house developed subsystems in orbit. Studying 3-axis attitude control using magnetic torques. Testing in-house developed transmitter and receiver in orbit and take picture of Earth by CMOS camera. 5M pixel CMOS camera module onboard satellite and aim to capture images of the Earth. The image will be widely distributed and use for educational purpose.

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Last modified: 2023-11-04

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