Name | ZA-AeroSat (AZ01, ZA Aerosat) |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 3U |
Status | Reentry 2019-06-02. Was semi-operational? Sending weak beacon in sunlight. (Last SatNOGS report 2018-03-09, but never any data) |
Launched | 2017-04-18 |
NORAD ID | 42713 |
Deployer | NRCSD (NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer) [Quad-M] |
Launcher | Atlas V (QB50) |
Deployment | Deployed from ISS on 2017-05-17 |
Organisation | Cape Peninsula University of Technology |
Institution | University |
Entity | Academic / Education |
Nation | South Africa |
Launch brokerer | Nanoracks |
Oneliner | Part of QB50 to study lower termosphere. |
Sources | [1] [2] |
Last modified: 2020-04-10
Detailed ZA-AeroSat entry in the Database
Full Nanosats Database (much more data)