Dnepr UniSat-6 Launch 2014

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

Dnepr

 

LAUNCH SITE:

Yasny Launch Base, Russia

 

LAUNCH TIME:

June 19th, 2014 - 19:11 UTC

 

PRIMARY PAYLOAD:

UniSat-6

 

NUMBER OF CUBESATS:

3

P-Pod Satellite Name Organization Size Beacon Details More Info
N/A UniSat-6 GAUSS N/A Beacon 1: 437.425 MHz, GFSK, 9600 Baud AX.25, 30 second periodBeacon 2: 437.425 MHz, GFSK, 9600 Baud AX.25, 10 second period More Info
1 ANTELSAT Antel, UdelaR 2U Beacon 1: 437.280 MHz, CW / Morse Code, 60 second periodBeacon 2: 437.575 MHz, AFSK/FSK, 1200 Baud AX.25 More Info
1 AeroCube-6 Aerospace Corporation 1U More Info
2 LEMUR-1 Nanosatisfi 3U More Info
Special thanks to R4UAB for compiling this information about the additional payloads of this launch! His site here.
AprizeSat-9
AprizeSat-10
BRITE-CA 1
BRITE-CA 2
BugSat-1 Beacon: 437.445 MHz, 9600 GMSK AX.25
Deimos-2
DTUSat-2 Uplink: 1268.900 MHzDownlink: 2401.835 MHz9600 CPFSK 1200, 19200, 38400 MSK
Duchifat-1 Downlink: 145.980 MHz 1200 BPSK, CW
Flock-1C Downlink: 2.4 GHz 115 kbps
Hodoyoshi-3
Hodoyoshi-4
KazEOSat-2
NanosatC-Br1 Downlink: 435.xxx MHzUplink: 145.865 MHz1200 FM, 9600 BPSK
PACE Downlink: 437.485 MHz 1200 AFSK
Perseus-M1
Perseus-M2
PolyITAN Downlink: 437.675 MHz 1200 AFSK, CW
POPSAT-HIP 1 Downlink: 437.405 MHz 1200, 9600 CCSDS
QB50P1 Uplink: 435.035 - 435.065 MHzDownlink: 145.935 - 145.965 MHzBeacon: 145.815 MHz1200 BPSK, CW
QB50P2 Downlink: 145.880 MHz, 145.840 MHzBeacon: 145.880 MHz1200 BPSK, CW
SaudiSat-4 Ka-band transponder
SkySat-3
TabletSat-Aurora Downlink: 437.050 MHz, 435.550 MHz, 436.100 MHz 4800 GMSK
Tigrisat School of Aerospace Engineering of Rome "La Sapienza" 3U Beacon: 435 MHz, 9600 FSK AX.25, 10 second period, "HNATIG"Downlink: 2450 MHz - switched on through ground command

Falcon 9 CRS-3 Launch 2014

PRIMARY PAYLOAD:

ELaNa-5

 

NUMBER OF CUBESATS:

5

 

LAUNCH SITE:

Kennedy Space Center, Florida

 

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

Falcon 9

 

LAUNCH TIME:

April 18, 2015 - 19:25:21 UTC

 

P-Pod Satellite Name Organization Size Beacon Details More Info
1 SporeSat NASA Ames Research Center, Santa Clara University, Purdue University, and University of Texas 3U 437.1 MHz, AX.25, every 5 seconds. Amateur radio operators are encouraged to submit received beacon packets through the mission website to receive a web-based QSL card. More Info
3A TSAT Taylor University 2U TBA
3B PhoneSat-v2.5 NASA Ames Research Center 1U 437.425 MHz, AFSK, 30 second period whilst operational, 150 second beacon in charging mode More Info
4 ALL-STAR/THEIA Colorado Space Grant Consortium at the University of Colorado at Boulder 3U 2.4017 GHz S-Band Antenna, BPSK, every 15 seconds More Info
6 Kick Sat Cornell University 3U Beacon: 437.505 MHz, 1200 Baud, AFSK, AD.25 PacketsChipSats: 437.240 MHz, Custom Protocol More Info

For those of you supporting us on launch day, don't forget to join the IRC channel. Information about the channel can be found at http://www.cubesat.org/index.php/collaborate/ground-operators. TLE's have been posted on Space-Track.Org and are objects 39681 - 39685.

Atlas V GEMSat Launch 2013

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

Atlas V

 

LAUNCH SITE:

Vandenberg Air Force Base

 

LAUNCH TIME:

December 6, 2013 - 07:14:30 UTC

 

NUMBER OF CUBESATS:

12

 

PRIMARY PAYLOAD:

NROL-39

P-Pod Satellite Name Organization Size Beacon Details More Info
1 FIREBIRD Montana State University, University of New Hampshire, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Aerospace Corp. 1.5U (x2) Flight Unit 1: 437.405 MHzFlight Unit 2: 437.230 MHzGMSK AX.25 9600bps, 1W, 60 sec period More Info
2 AeroCube5 Aerospace Corp. 1.5U (x2)
3 ALICE Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) 3U 460 MHz, GFSK, 12.5% duty cycle (5 seconds of 3 bursts per second then 40 seconds of RX)Beacon is based on when ALICE is 2 minutes away from AOS contact with our ground station. This information is uploaded from ephemeris data from our ground station. Will beacon until comms are established. More Info
4 SNaP U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command 3U
5 MCubed-2 Michigan eXploration Laboratory 1U 437.485 MHz, 9600 baud, 10 sec period More Info
5 CUNYSAT-1 Medgar Evers College, The City University of New York 1U 437.505 MHz, 9600 bps GMSK, CW More Info
5 IPEX Cal Poly, SLO - PolySat 1U 437.270MHz: Morse Code of "IPEX" every 45s at 15wpm, 9600 baud AX.25 FSK Beacon every 127s and 20s. More Info
6 SMDC-ONE (David) U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command 3U More Info
7 TacSat-6 U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command 3U
8 SMDC-ONE (Charlie) U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command 3U More Info

The CubeSats are integrated into 8 P-POD deployers which are contained in the NPSCuL built by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). The NPSCuL together with the 8 P-PODs and 12 CubeSats is referred to as the Government Experimental Multi-Satellite (GEMSat), and is attached to the Centaur upper stage's Aft Bulkhead Carrier (ABC). The assembled GEMSat is shown in the photo below ready for mate to the launch vehicle along with members of the GEMSat team consisting of NPS, Office of Space Launch (OSL), United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Cal Poly, SLO.

For those of you supporting us on launch day, don't forget to join the IRC channel. Information about the channel can be found at http://www.cubesat.org/index.php/collaborate/ground-operators.

Minotaur I ORS-3 Launch 2013

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

Minotaur I

 

LAUNCH SITE:

Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia

 

LAUNCH TIME:

November 20, 2013 - 01:15 UTC

 

PRIMARY PAYLOAD:

ELaNa-4

 

NUMBER OF CUBESATS:

28

P-Pod Satellite Name Organization Size Beacon Details More Info
2 Ho`oponopono-2 University of Hawaii Small-Satellite Laboratory 3U 437.220 MHz, 9600 baud, every 15 seconds
3A Vermont Lunar CubeSat Vermont Technical College 1U 437.305 MHz, FSK, AX.25, short beacon every minute with I.D. and IMU data, flashing LEDs should be visible from the ground with binoculars or telescope More Info
3B TJ3Sat Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology 1U 437.32 MHz, CW beep every 13.5 seconds, CW morse code identifier every 10 minutes More Info
5A KySat-2 Kentucky Space LLC 1U 437.405 Mhz, AX.25, 9600 baud, GFSK, every 15 seconds, beaconing 37 minutes after deployment and after the solar cells hit the sun More Info
5B NPS-SCAT Naval Postgraduate School 1U 437.525 MHz, 1W AFSK AX.25 1200 bps, 5 minute period default More Info
5C CAPE-2 Cajun Advanced Picosatellite Experiment 1U VHF Frequency: 145.825, VHF Modulation: FM/CWFM Beacons and CW Beacons will vary in frequency of transmissions from Satellite, and are changeable by ground command, refer to ulcape.org for most updated information.UHF Frequency: 437.325, UHF Modulation: FSKRadio is only in operation by ground command for a period of time determined by CAPE-2 Ground Operations Team and will vary in frequency of transmissions from Satellite, and are changeable by ground command, refer to ulcape.org for most updated information. More Info
6A DragonSat-1 U.S. Naval Academy / Drexel University 1U 145.870 MHz, AX.25 9600 baud, every 30 seconds More Info
6B PhoneSat-v2.4 NASA Ames Research Center 1U 437.425 MHz, AFSK, 30 second period whilst operational, 150 second beacon in charging mode More Info
6C Trailblazer COSMIAC at the University of New Mexico 1U 437.425MHz, 1W AFSK, AX.25 9600 baud, 50 second period More Info
7A COPPER Saint Louis University 1U 437.290 MHz, AX.25 9600 baud, Every 10 seconds More Info
7B SwampSat Space Systems Group, University of Florida 1U 437.385 MHz, 1W, AX.25 9600 baud, 60 second interval More Info
7C ChargerSat-1 University of Alabama in Huntsville, Space Hardware Club 1U 437.405 Mhz, G3RUH, 9600buad, AX.25 packets, 10 second period More Info

For those of you supporting us on launch day, don't forget to join the IRC channel. Information about the channel can be found at http://www.cubesat.org/index.php/collaborate/ground-operators.

Atlas V OUTSat Launch 2012

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

Atlas V

 

LAUNCH SITE:

Vandenberg Air Force Base

LAUNCH TIME:

September 13, 2012 - 21:39 UTC

 

PRIMARY PAYLOAD:

NROL-36

 

NUMBER OF CUBESATS:

11

 

P-POD Satellite Name Organization Size Beacon Details More Info
1 SMDC-ONE 2.2 (Baker) U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command 3U More Info
2 AeroCube 4.0 (x3) Aerospace Corp. 1U (x3) More Info
3 Aeneas University of Southern California / Information Sciences Institute Space Engineering Research Center 3U 437.600 MHz, AX.25 1200 baud, 10 sec period, continuous unless TT & C actively connected over Southern California More Info
4 CSSWE University of Colorado, Boulder & Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics 3U 437.345 MHz, 0.5W GMSK AX.25 9600 bps, 18 sec period More Info
5 CP5 California Polytechnic State University, SLO 1U 437.405 MHz, 0.5W AFSK NRZI AX.25 1200 baud, 2 min period More Info
5 Cosmic X-Ray Background Nanosatellite (CXBN) Morehead State University and Partners (Kentucky Space, Noqsi Aerospace, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Little H-Bar Ranch 2U 437.525 MHz, CW (Adjustable), baseline 30 sec period, mode is constant when power margin is available, contains telemetry and some science data More Info
6 CINEMA University of California, Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory 3U More Info
7 Re (STARE) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 3U More Info
8 SMDC-ONE 2.1 (Able) U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command 3U More Info
5B PrintSat Colorado Satellite Services, LLC, Montana State University 1U 437.325 9600bps GMSK Beacon rate initially: 1 minute Reception reports are appreciated. Email them to jim@coloradosatellite.com More Info
6 STACEM 3U
7 SUPERNOVA 6U

The CubeSats are integrated into 8 P-POD deployers which are contained in the NPSCuL built by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). The NPSCuL together with the 8 P-PODs and 11 CubeSats is referred to as the Operationally Unique Technology Satellite (OUTSat), and is attached to the Centaur upper stage's Aft Bulkhead Carrier (ABC). The assembled OUTSat is shown in the photo below ready for mate to the launch vehicle along with members of the OUTSat team consisting of NPS, Office of Space Launch (OSL), United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Cal Poly, SLO.

 

Vega Maiden Launch 2012

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

Vega

 

LAUNCH SITE:

Guiana Space Center, South America

 

LAUNCH TIME:

February 13, 2012 - 10:00:00 UTC

 

PRIMARY PAYLOADS:

LARES

 

NUMBER OF CUBESATS:

7

  • Xatcobeo (a collaboration of the University of Vigo and INTA, Spain): a mission to demonstrate software-defined radio and solar panel deployment;
  • Robusta (University of Montpellier 2, France): a mission to test and evaluate radiation effects (low dose rate) on bipolar transistor electronic components;
  • e-st@r (Politecnico di Torino, Italy): demonstration of an active 3-axis attitude determination and control system including an inertial measurement unit;
  • Goliat (University of Bucharest, Romania): imaging of Earth using a digital camera and in-situ measurement of radiation dose and micrometeoroid flux;
  • PW-Sat (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland): a mission to test a deployable atmospheric drag augmentation device for de-orbiting CubeSats;
  • MaSat-1 (Budapest University of Technology and Economics): a mission to demonstrate various spacecraft avionics, including a power conditioning system, transceiver and onboard data handling;
  • UniCubeSat GG (University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy):a mission to study the gravity gradient.

Read more at http://spaceflightnow.com/vega/vv01/120213launch/

Links to all of the individual CubeSat home pages can be found at http://www.uk.amsat.org/4180

We would also like to congratulate those behind the first satellites ever for Romania, Hungary, and Poland! http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMWHLWX7YG_index_0.html