Name | nSIGHT (nSIGHT1, nSight-1, AZ02) |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 2U |
Status | Reentry 2020-04-25. Was operational (Last DK3WN report 2019-05-13. Checked 2019-05-27) |
Launched | 2017-04-18 |
NORAD ID | 42726 |
Deployer | NRCSD (NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer) [Quad-M] |
Launcher | Atlas V (QB50) |
Deployment | Deployed from ISS on 2017-05-26 |
Organisation | SCS-Space |
Institution | Company |
Entity | Commercial |
Nation | South Africa |
Launch brokerer | Nanoracks |
Oneliner | Part of QB50 to study lower termosphere. |
Results | Deployed on 25 May 2017, the satellite has spent almost 3 years in orbit capturing and downloading over 40 high-quality images. |
Sources | [1] [2] [3] |
Space photos |
Last modified: 2020-09-04
Detailed nSIGHT entry in the Database
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