UGATUSAT
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This article contains information regarding a satellite that is scheduled to launch in the next 7 days. Details may change as the countdown and ascent progress. Launch details: COSMOS International will use a Kosmos-3M to launch several communications satellites for Orbcomm. Launch will occur from LC-107 at Kapustin Yar. Ufa State Aviation Technical University's UGATUSAT satellite may also be launched. |
UGATUSAT | |
Organisation | Ufa State Aviation Technical University |
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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.