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Światowid [SatRevolution]
Światowid is the first Polish commercial nanosatellite as well as Poland's first earth observation satellite developed by SatRevolution.
It will also serve as demonstration of SatRevolution's capabilities and presentation of developed technologies namely in-house developed satellite bus. It will be a 2U CubeSat constructed using a satellite bus developed by company's engineers. It will be equipped with camera capable of taking images with resolution 4 m / pixel.
Via a contract with NanoRacks the satellite will launch on board Cygnus CRS-11 and will be released from ISS in November 2018.
| Nation: | Poland |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology, earth observation |
| Operator: | SatRevolution S.A. |
| Contractors: | SatRevolution S.A. |
| Equipment: | Camera |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (2U) |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | deployable fixed solar arrays, solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 2 kg |
| Orbit: | 409 km Ũ 415 km, 51.64° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Światowid | 1998-067QL | 17.04.2019 | WI LC-0A | Antares-230 | with Cygnus CRS-11, VCC A, B, C, Bird JPN, Bird LKA, Bird NPL, IOD-GEMS, SpooQy 1, KrakSat, AeroCube 10A, AeroCube 10B, SASSI2, Seeker, EntrySat, ThinSat 1A, ..., 1L |
Launch Sites:
- WI = Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
References:
- SatRevolution: Światowid
