| Mission type | Technology |
|---|---|
| Operator | University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
| COSPAR ID | 2007-012P |
| SATCATno. | 31130 |
| Mission duration | 18 years and 10 months (in progress) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | 1UCubeSat |
| Launch mass | 0.879 kg (1.94 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 17 April 2007, 06:46 (2007-04-17UTC06:46Z) UTC |
| Rocket | Dnepr |
| Launch site | Baikonur109/95 |
| Contractor | ISC Kosmotras |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Eccentricity | 0,01036 |
| Perigee altitude | 646 km (401 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 793 km (493 mi) |
| Inclination | 98.1° |
| Period | 99.2 minutes |
| Epoch | 17 April 2007[1] |
CAPE-1(Cajun Advanced Picosatellite Experiment) is an amateurminiaturized satellite developed by students at theUniversity of Louisiana at Lafayette. TheCubeSat was launched successfully into orbit at theBaikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in April 2007 after a delay of several weeks.[2]
An amateur radio frequency in the70-centimeter band was used during the satellite's operation. Intermittentcontinuous wave andAX.25 telemetry beacons were sent at one watt with the call sign K5USL.[2] CAPE-1 has ceased operation, and is succeeded by theCAPE-2 picosatellite, a 1U Cubesat operating on the 2-meter and 70-centimeter bands.
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