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SatGus [Tyvak International]
SatGus is a 12U CubeSat designed and built by Tyvak International of Milan, Italy, to enable users worldwide to upload photos via spaceselfie.com and specify their city. Using Redwires flight-proven camera technology, SAT GUS captures high dynamic range (HDR) images of user-submitted selfies displayed on a Google Pixel phone mounted on the satellite, with Earth as the backdrop. The captured photos are then transmitted back to Earth.
The SAT GUS mission is part of a broader science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) initiative aimed at raising awareness of spaces impact on daily life and supporting underserved engineering students globally. The "Space Selfie project" was launched by CrunchLabs, an initiative founded by Mark Rober, a former NASA engineer and YouTube content creator. The project allows participants to send selfies to space, display them on the satellite-mounted phone, capture a photo with Earth in the background, and receive the image upon transmission back to Earth.
| Nation: | USA |
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| Operator: | CrunchLabs |
| Contractors: | Tyvak International |
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| Configuration: | CubeSat (12U) |
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| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
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| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| SatGus | 2025-009DJ | 14.01.2025 | Va SLC-4E | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | with MBZ-SAT, W-Series 2, Garai A, SIGI 1, FGN-100 d1, Pelican 2, ICEYE X41, X42, X44, X45, Lyra 1, Firefly 1, 2, 3, IRIDE-MS2-HEO 1, ŅuSat 45, NORSAT 4, Jay C, D1, D2, SkyBee A01, ION-SCV 014, 016, Sedna 2, LOGSATS 2 PoSAT 2, Skylink 1, 2, HADES R, Hydra T, HYPE-AGH, POQUITO, PROMETHEUS 1, Impulse 2, Bluebon, FossaSat 2E20, Ray 1.0, Balkan 1, GESat GEN1, PAUSAT 1, Centauri 7, 8, SatGus, SATurnin 1, BRO 16, Edison 1, FOREST 3, AE1c, AE1d, Buzzer 1, Connecta-IoT 5, ..., 8, Elevation 1, OTTER, SCOT, TROLL, AlAinSat 1, ANSER L-S, Flock-4g 1, ..., 36, FUSION 1, InnoCubE, IRIS F2, F3, Lemur-2 197, ..., 202, LIME, PARUS T1, HCT-Sat 1, TechEdSat 22, Veery 0F, FossaSat 2E18, 2E19 |
Launch Sites:
- Va = Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA
