BugSat 1 (Tita)

Spacecraft nº:

Argentinan spacecraft nº: 19

Launch data: Designation  40014 / 14033E Launch date  19 June 2014 - 19:11 UT Launch site  Dombarovsky, LC-370/13 Launch vehicle  Dnepr Mission  Technology, earth observation Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  574 x 622 km Eccentricity   Inclination   98.0° Period  96.5 min

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• BugSat 1 is the first technology demonstration mission for a platform of small earth observation satellites designed by the Argentinan company Satellogic S.A.
• BugSat 1 is a 22 kg microsat with outer dimensions of 275 × 500 × 500 mm overall. The mission tests a number of custom designed components: three antennas, a mid-resolution camera system, a GPS receiver, a UHF radio based on COTS components and a C-Band radio based in COTS components designed for IEEE 802.11a ground operation.
• The satellite periodically and autonomously transmitts AX.25 packets for the Amateur radio community to receive in the UHF band, and after the first part of the technology demonstration part of the mission is over, the satellite enters a mode that includes a Digipeater and science data downloads from the payload for the amateur radio community to use.

Mission details:

• On Jun 19, 2014 launch of a Dnepr rocket from the Yasniy missile base put a record 38 payloads in sun-synchronous orbits ranging from 550 to 610 km at perigee and 620 to 715 km at apogee.
• Tita (BugSat-1) is a technology demo of Satellogic SA (Argentina)'s 22 kg Earth observation satellite. Resolution of the imager is not known.

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