LitSat-1
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Operator | LSA, LSSTI, KTU, VGTU |
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Mission duration | 6 months planned |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 9 January 2014, 18:07 UTC |
Rocket | Antares 120 |
Launch site | MARS LP-0A |
Contractor | Orbital Sciences |
Deployed from | ISS |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
LitSat-1 is one of the two first Lithuanian satellites. It was launched aboard the second Cygnus spacecraft along with 28 Flock-1 CubeSats aboard an Antares 120 carrier rocket flying from Pad 0B at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island.[1] The launch was scheduled to occur on December 2013, but later was rescheduled to 9 January 2014. Three Lithuanian words will be broadcast from space. Launch of satellites Lituanica SAT-1 and LitSat-1 was broadcast live in Lithuania.
References
- ↑ "Lietuviškas palydovas "LitSat-1" paskutinį kartą išbandomas Žemėje" (in Lithuanian). DELFI.lt. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
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