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PolyITAN 1 [ISIS]
PolyITAN-1 is a CubeSat designed and built by the National Technical University of Ukraine KPI in cooperation with the Ukrainian HAM radio community. The mission is to launch Ukrainian educational satellite build by KPI students and space exploration enthusiasts.
PolyITAN-1's mission targets are:
- Develop, build, test, launch and operate a Ukrainian small satellite platform based on Cubesat standard.
- Conduct mission experiments with following payloads: Sun sensor, attitude position and orientation system including system software and test on-board GLONASS/GPS navigation subsystem
- Build ground segment infrastructure for satellite communication
- Develop and test onboard and ground telecommunication software, implement telecommunication protocols
- Establish cooperation between educational institute, space agency(s) and various government authorities, HAM radio community e.t.c.
| Nation: | Ukraine |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | National Technical University of Ukraine KPI |
| Contractors: | National Technical University of Ukraine KPI |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (1U) |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 1 kg |
| Orbit: | 606 km × 626 km, 97.99 |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PolyITAN 1 | 2014-033AJ | 19.06.2014 | Do LC-370/13 | Dnepr | with Deimos 2, KazEOSat 2, Saudisat 4, TabletSat-Aurora, BugSat 1, AprizeSat 9, AprizeSat 10, UniSat 6, BRITE-CA 1, BRITE-CA 2, Hodoyoshi 3, Hodoyoshi 4, Perseus-M 1, Perseus-M 2, Flock-1c 1, ..., 11, POPSAT-HIP 1, QB50P1, QB50P2, PACE, TigriSat, ANTELSAT, Lemur 1, NanoSatC-Br 1, Duchifat 1, DTUSat 2, AeroCube 6A, AeroCube 6B |
Launch Sites:
- Do = Yasniy site, Dombarovskiy Air Base, Orenburgskaya Oblast', Russia
Further PolyITAN missions:
- PolyITAN 1
- PolyITAN 2-SAU (QB50 UA01)
- PolyITAN 3-PUT
- PolyITAN 4-BIO
- PolyITAN 5-Grav
- PolyITAN-HP-30
