UniSat 6

Spacecraft nº:

Italian spacecraft nº: 34

Launch data: Designation  40012 / 14033C Launch date  19 June 2014 - 19:11 UT Launch site  Dombarovsky, LC-370/13 Launch vehicle  Dnepr Mission  Technology Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  618 x 705 km Eccentricity   Inclination   98.0° Period  97.8 min

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• UniSat 6 is a technology satellite built at GAUSS (La Sapienza University of Rome). It is intended to test customer equipment under space conditions and to deploy four cubesats in orbit.
• The UniSat-6 is based on the UniSat 5 satellite platform built from reinforced aluminum and carbon honeycomb panels. It measures 50 cm × 50 cm × 50 cm in size using wth a weight of 26 kg. Power is provided by body-mounted solar panels, which provide 30 W of electrical power. The satellite uses an passive attitude control system, which uses permanent magnets. Command uplink and data downlink is provided by an UHF communication system.

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.
• Unisat-6, from the Gauss Team in Rome, is a small satellite for dispensing other satellites.
  It ejected the cubesats Tigrisat, Lemur 1, ANTELSAT and AeroCube 6 from two Pico-Orbital Deployers and one PEPPOD (Planted Elementary Platform for Picosatellite Orbital Deployment). The deployment of the satellites toik place 25 hours and 34 minutes after launch and was initiated by a autonomous system with a dedicated battery. In case of a failure of this system, a backup system was available to deploy the satellites by ground command. A camera acquired imagery of the deployment sequence.

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