NuSat 1 & 2

Launch data: Type  NuSat 1 (Fresco)  NuSat 2 (Batata Designation  41557 / 16033B  41558 / 16033C Launch date  30 May 2016 - 03:17 UT Launch site  Taiyuan, LC-9 Launch vehicle  CZ-4B Mission  Commerc.: Earth observation, Imaging LEO Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  481 x 499 km  482 x 500 km Eccentricity  1,31E-03  1,31E-03 Inclination  97.5 °  97.5 ° Period  94.41 min  94.41 min Decay

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• The four satellites, built in Glasgow, are named Theresacondor, Kane, Nick-Allain and Jeff after Spire employees. (Theresa Condor is VP Corp.Development for Spire. Nick Allain is their director of brand. Kane is probably named after Megan Kane, a Spire manager, and Jeff is possibly Spire satellite engineer Jeff Kuehne.)

Mission details:

• The ZY-3 02 satellite (ziyuan san hao 02 xing) was launched from Taiyuan on May 30, 2016 for China's Satellite Surveying and Mapping Applications Center.
  It carries 2-meter-resolution Earth imaging cameras.
• Two small 37 kg imaging satellites for Satellogic of Argentina were also deployed; NUSAT-1 and -2 (not to be confused with the 1985 Nusat satellite from Weber State Univ.) are also called Fresco and Batata (cheese and sweet potato, a popular Argentine dessert pairing).

External links:

• Satellite tracking NuSat 1: Real time satellite tracking
• Satellite tracking NuSat 2: Real time satellite tracking