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SathyabamaSat [Sathyabama Univ.]
SathyabamaSat (SB Sat) is an 2U CubeSat project by the Sathyabama University.
The spacecraft is designed to measure the densities of the green house gases over the region in which it moves on using ARGUS 1000 IR Spectrometer. The payload is operated only over the regions where the experimentators are interested, and it delivers the data to the On-Board Computer (OBC) for transmission, when it crosses the radio window of ground station, which is being built in Sathyabama University premises, Chennai, India.
| Nation: | India |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | Sathyabama University |
| Contractors: | Sathyabama University |
| Equipment: | ARGUS 1000 IR Spectrometer |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (2U) |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 1.5 kg |
| Orbit: | 500 km × 516 km, 97.51 |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SathyabamaSat (SB Sat) | 2016-040B | 22.06.2016 | Sr SLP | PSLV-XL | with Cartosat 2C, SkySat 3, BIROS, M3MSat, LAPAN A3, GHGSat D, Flock-2p 1, ..., 12, Swayam, BeeSat 4 |
Launch Sites:
- Sr = Satish Dhawan Space Center (Sriharikota Space Center), Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India
References:
- IARU: SathyabamaSat
