Nanosatellite Launch System
This article is about the Space Flight Laboratory satellite series. For Nanosatellite launch vehicles more generally, see Nanosatellite launch vehicle.
The Nanosatellite Launch System (NLS) is a series of satellite launch missions launched 2003–2010, coordinated by the Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS).
NLS has provided low-cost launch services for a number of nanosatellites.[1]
Missions
NLS 1
- Launch date: 30 June 2003
- Launch vehicle: Rockot
- Launch site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome
- Participants:
CanX-1, 
AAUSAT-1, DTUsat
NLS 4
- Launch date: 28 April 2008 [2]
- Launch vehicle: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C9)
- Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Second Launch Pad
- Participants: CanX-2, AAUSAT-II,
COMPASS-1, 
Delfi-C3, 
CUTE-1.7+APD II and SEEDS II
NLS 5
- Launch date: 28 April 2008 [3]
- Launch vehicle: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C9)
- Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Second Launch Pad
- Participants: CanX-6/NTS
NLS 6
- Launch date : July 12, 2010 [4]
- Launch vehicle: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15) [5]
- Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, First Launch Pad
- Participants:
AISSat-1, 
TIsat-1[6]
NLS 8
- Launch date : 25 February 2013
- Launch vehicle: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15)
- Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, First Launch Pad
- Participants: Sapphire,[7] NEOSSat,[7]
TUGSAT-1,[7] UniBRITE-1,[8] 
STRaND-1,[9] AAUSAT3[7]
Notes
- ↑ "UTIAS/SFL - Low-Cost Launch Program". University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Space Flight Laboratory.
- ↑ "Nanosatellite Launch Service 4". University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Space Flight Laboratory.
- ↑ "Nanosatellite Launch Service 5". University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Space Flight Laboratory.
- ↑ "Norway launches AISSat ship-tracking spacecraft". BBC. 12 July 2010.
- ↑ "Nanosatellite Launch Service 6". University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Space Flight Laboratory.
- ↑ "PSLV-C15" (PDF). Indian Space Research Organization.
- 1 2 3 4 "Indian rocket launches asteroid hunter, 6 other satellites". NBC. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ↑ "India to launch seven satellites on February 25". DNA India. 15 February 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ↑ Smartphone nanosatellite Space researchers at the University of Surrey's Surrey Space Centre (SSC) and SSTL have developed STRaND-1 "SSTL.co.uk" retrieved 14 Feb 2012
References
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