LitSat-1

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LitSat-1
Operator LSA, LSSTI, KTU, VGTU
Mission duration 6 months planned
Start of mission
Launch date 9 January 2014, 18:07 (2014-01-09UTC18:07Z) 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

  1. "Lietuviškas palydovas "LitSat-1" paskutinį kartą išbandomas Žemėje" (in Lithuanian). DELFI.lt. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013. 


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