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SWISSCUBE
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SwissCube-1 is a Swiss satellite operated by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). The spacecraft is a single unit CubeSat, which was designed to conduct research into nightglow within the Earth's atmosphere, and to develop technology for future spacecraft. It has also been used for amateur radio. It was the first Swiss satellite to be launched.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 23, 2009 at 06:21 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Satish Dhawan / Sriharikota, India
- Launched by
- PSLV-CA →
- Operator
- Indian Space Research Organization
- Mission
- Oceansat-2
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 689 km
- Periapsis
- 681 km
- Inclination
- 98.4°
- Orbital period
- 98.46 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lanne (EPFL)
- Manufacturer
- Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lanne (EPFL)
- Users
- Civil
- Launch mass
- 1 kg
- Design lifetime
- 1 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2009-051B
- NORAD catalog №
- 35932
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Switzerland- Radar cross-section
- 0.0465 m²
- Status
- Operational