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SERPENS [SERPENS]
SERPENS is Brazilian 3U Cubesat built by the SERPENS (Sistema Espacial para Realizaįão de Pesquisa e Experimentos com Nanossatélites) university consortium.
The satellite features a transponder to test VHF and S-band communications for store and forward messaging, a UHF transponder developed by the Spanish Universade de Vigo fully compatible with the HUMSAT store and forward messaging system and a pulsed plasma thruster (PPT) built by Mars Space Ltd. and Clyde Space, both from U.K.
The satellite was delivered to the ISS by the HTV 5 cargo craft. It was deployed on 17 September 2015.
On 27 March 2016 SERPENS reentered the atmosphere.
| Nation: | Brazil, Spain |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology, communications |
| Operator: | SERPENS |
| Contractors: | SERPENS |
| Equipment: | ? |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (3U) |
| Propulsion: | PPT |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 6 months |
| Mass: | 4 kg |
| Orbit: | 396 km × 408 km, 51.64° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERPENS | 1998-067GX | 19.08.2015 | Ta YLP-2 | H-2B-304 | with HTV 5, CALET, Flock-2b 1, ..., 14, S-CUBE, GOMX 3, AAUSAT 5 |
Launch Sites:
- Ta = Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Japan
References:
- Gabriel Figueiró: SERPENS CubeSat Mission, 11th Annual CubeSat Developers Workshop, 2014
