SOMP

Launch data: Designation  39135 / 13015F 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  568 x 573 km Eccentricity   Inclination  64.9 deg Period  95.9 min

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Description:

• SOMP (Student's Oxygen Measurement Project) is a student picosat project of the Techniche Universität Dresden. It is built to the 1U-CubeSat) form factor. SOMP has two scientific objectives: the first objective is to measure the concentration of atomic oxygen in the upper atmosphere using an oxygen electrolyte sensor. The second is the testing of flexible thin film solar cells (TFSC), that have never been tested in space before.

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