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TabletSat-Aurora
TabletSat-Aurora [SPUTNIX]
The Russian start-up company SPUTNIX designed and built theTabletSat-Aurora (ТаблетСат-Аврора) technology demonstrator and earth observing satellite.
The satellite features SPUTNIX's TabletSat-2U-EO bus, which feautures following systems:
- Three-axial orientation and stabilization system (flywheels, motors-gyros, star mapper and sun sensor, magnetometer, and angular rate sensor);
- GPS navigator;
- UHF telecommand and telemetry module;
- Plug-n-Play architecture based on SpaceWire bus;
- X-Band transmission system;
- LiFePO4 battery-powered supply system;
- Experimental PCB-based AsGa solar panel.
The spacecraft is fitted with panchromatic photo- and video- camera operating in 430 – 950 nm spectral band as the primary payload to perform imagery of Earth surface with a ground resolution of 15 m and a swath width of 47 km.
| Nation: | Russia |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Earth observation, technology |
| Operator: | SPUTNIX |
| Contractors: | SPUTNIX |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | TabletSat-2U-EO bus |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 6 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 25 kg |
| Orbit: | 583 km × 617 km, 97.99° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TabletSat-Aurora | 2014-033H | 19.06.2014 | Do LC-370/13 | Dnepr | withDeimos 2,KazEOSat 2,Saudisat 4,BugSat 1,AprizeSat 9,AprizeSat 10,UniSat 6,BRITE-CA 1,BRITE-CA 2,Hodoyoshi 3,Hodoyoshi 4,Perseus-M 1,Perseus-M 2,Flock-1c 1, ..., 11,POPSAT-HIP 1,QB50P1,QB50P2,PACE,TigriSat,ANTELSAT,Lemur 1,NanoSatC-Br 1,Duchifat 1,PolyITAN 1,DTUSat 2,AeroCube 6A,AeroCube 6B |
Launch Sites:
- Do = Yasniy site, Dombarovskiy Air Base, Orenburgskaya Oblast', Russia
References:
- Sputnix:Technology demonstrator
