Aalto 1

Launch data: Designation  42775 / 17036L Launch date  23 Jun 2017 - 03:59 UT Launch site  Sriharikota, FLP Launch vehicle  PSLV-XL Mission  Technology, Earth obs. Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee   497 x 509 km Eccentricity   Inclination   97.5° Period   min

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• Aalto-1 is a student satellite project, the first in Finland. The Aalto-1 project started in the beginning of 2010, when a group of students made a feasibility study of the satellite in the framework of the Space Technology special assignment course. Since then the project has created significant excitement among students and teachers alike. New teaching methods have been applied and a significant interdisciplinary co-operation network inside Aalto University has been created. The team has now members from five different departments of Aalto University. Additionally, a consortium of Finnish universities and space industry has been formed to support the satellite project and international relations with several foreign universities have been created.
• The Aalto-1 mission goals are:
  • To design, build and operate first Finnish Earth Observation (EO) nanosatellite
  • Technology demonstration of a very small imaging spectrometer for spaceborne EO
  • Development and demonstration of a deorbiting device for nanosatellites based on e-sail concept and measurement of its performance
  • Promotion of engineering education in Finland with the aid of a satellite project.

External links:

• Aalto University: Satellite Information
• EOportal.org Satellite description
• Satellite tracking (n2ya.com): Real time satellite tracking