ZACube-1

ZACube-1
Mission type Space weather
Operator Cape Peninsula University of Technology
COSPAR ID 2013-066B
SATCAT № 39417
Website www.cput.ac.za/fsati
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type 1U CubeSat
Manufacturer Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Launch mass 1.2 kilograms (2.6 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date 21 November 2013, 07:10:17 (2013-11-21UTC07:10:17Z) UTC[1]
Rocket Dnepr-1
Launch site Dombarovsky 370/13
Contractor Kosmotras
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee 596 kilometres (370 mi)[2]
Apogee 681 kilometres (423 mi)[2]
Inclination 97.75 degrees[2]
Period 97.36 minutes[2]
Epoch 24 January 2015, 03:15:51 UTC[2]

ZACube-1 (TshepisoSat), is a South African CubeSat that carries a high frequency beacon transmitter to be used for space weather research. launched 21 November 2013 on a Dnepr-1 launch vehicle from Yasny, Russia.[3] Tshepiso is the seSotho word for promise.

Mission objectives

Payloads

Launch site

The launch site at the Dombarovsky, and can be found at the following coordinates:

See also

References

  1. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "ZACUBE Satellite details 2013-066B NORAD 39417". N2YO. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  3. "Russia's Dnepr launches South Africa's ZACUBE-1 into space". Times LIVE. Nov 21, 2013.

External links

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