BeeSat 3

Launch data: Designation  39134 / 13015E Launch date  19 April 2013 - 10:00 UT Launch site  Baik, LC-31/6 Launch vehicle  Soyuz-2-1A Mission  Technology Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  567 x 576 km Eccentricity   Inclination  64.9 deg Period  95.9 min

Beesat-1 satellite

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• BeeSat (Berlin Experimental and Educational Satellite) is a pico satellite project of the Technical University of Berlin. The main objective of BeeSat is the on orbit verification of newly developed micro reaction wheels for pico satellite applications.
• The primary goal of the BEESAT 3 mission is the practical training of students based on a real satellite mission. The secondary objective is the one-year operation of a CubeSats which was built and tested within two years by students to evaluate the S-band transmitter HISPICO, the Earth observation camera as an exemplary payload and other technologies.

External links:

• EOportal.org Satellite description
• Satellite tracking: Real time satellite tracking