UGATUSAT

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UGATUSAT
Organisation Ufa State Aviation Technical University
Mission type Earth observation/Technology development
Launch date 19 June 2008
Carrier Rocket Kosmos-3M
Launch Site LC-107, Kapustin Yar
Mass 30 kilograms
Orbital elements
Regime Low Earth orbit
Imaging Resolution 50 metres/pixel

UGATUSAT is a Russian nanosatellite which was built, and will be operated by Ufa State Aviation Technical University (UGATU). The satellite will be used as a technology demonstrator, and for Earth observation. The development programme was budgeted at around 155M Roubles (£3.75M/$7.25M).[1] Launch, atop a Kosmos-3M carrier rocket from LC-107 at Kapustin Yar is currently scheduled for 19 June. It will be launched as a secondary payload, with the primary payload consisting of six Orbcomm satellites. It has been reported that it may be transferred to a later launch, as a secondary payload on a Soyuz-2 rocket, to the first Persona satellite.

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