NEE-01 Pegaso Spacecraft - Nanosats Database

Spacecraft	NEE-01 Pegaso
Form factor	CubeSat
Units or mass	1U
Status	Was semi-operational until 2017-11-XX. Was operational until 2013-05-23. Collided with Tsyklon debris, but was heard through NEE-02. (Personal contact 2018-08-07)
Launched	2013-04-26
NORAD ID	39151
Deployer	ISIPOD [ISISpace]
Launcher	Long March 2D
Entity name	EXA (Ecuador Space Agency)
Institution	Space agency
Entity type	Government (Civil / Military)
Nation	Ecuador
Launch brokerer	ISILaunch
Oneliner	Transmit live video feed from orbit with SSTV.
Description	Survive the LEO space environment and transmit telemetry for at least a year. Transmit live video feed from orbit and On-Screen telemetry. Test the Space Environment Attenuation Manifold NEMEA. Test the passive release/deploy technology on multi phase nano solar arrays. Test the high energy generation technology for small spacecrafts. Test the ARGOS-MINOTAUR hyper amplification matrix.
Failure cause	Collided with Tsyklon debris, but was heard through NEE-02.
Notes	Collided with Soviet rocket debris on 2013-05-23 but survived.
Sources	[1]
Photo sources	[1] [2] [3]
Keywords	First CubeSat of country
Space photos
On the same launch	CubeBug-1 NEE-01 Pegaso TURKSAT-3USAT

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