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AAUSAT3

CubeSat built and operated by Aalborg University, Denmark. AAUSAT3 was launched on February 25, 2013 aboard a PSLV from Sriharikota. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 2013-009BNORAD 39087Denmark

Identity

Name in GCAT: AAUSAT3
Other names: NLS 8.3
International designator: 2013-009B
NORAD catalog number: 39087
GCAT identifier: S39087
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/785

Mission

Mission type: Communications
Use: Amateur / academic
Program: AAU
Owner: AAU
Country: Denmark
Builder: Aalborg University
Platform (bus): Cubesat 1U

Launch

Date: February 25, 2013 · 12:31 UTC
Launch record: 2013-009Success
Rocket: PSLV
Spaceport: Sriharikota · pad FLP

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LEO/S
Perigee: 770 km
Apogee: 786 km
Inclination: 98.63°
Status: In orbit
Last known active: February 2023
End of operations: Sep 19, 2014

Size

Mass: 3 kg
Dry mass: 3 kg
Length: 0.1 m
Diameter: 0.10 m
Span: 0.1 m

Launched together

SARALSpace science · ISRO SapphireMissile early warning · DRDC Near Earth Object Surveillance SatelliteAstronomy · CSA STRaND-1Technology · SSTL (Astrium)BRITE-AustriaAstronomy · TU Graz UniBRITEAstronomy · U Vienna IFA

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q4649953 (CC0).