AprizeSat

AprizeSat-6

USA/Argentina

Spacecraft nº:

Argentinian spacecraft nº: 16

Launch data:

Designation	37793 / 11044F
Launch date	17 Aug 2011 - 07:12 UT
Launch site	Yasniy (Dombarovsky Missile Base)
Launch vehicle	Dnepr-1
Mission	Commercial: Communications
Sun-Synchronous LEO Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee	627 x 697 km
Eccentricity	4.98E-03
Inclination	98.2 deg
Period	97.9 min

Spacecraft data:

Prime manufactor	SpaceQuest
Platform
Operator	Aprize Satellite/Latin Trade Satellite
Mass at launch	12 kg
Dry Mass	12 kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Equipment
Solar array	Solar cells
Stabilization
Propulsion
DC power
Design lifetime	Still active

AprizeSat 3, 4, 5 and 6 feature an AIS (Automatic Identification System) receiver to gather position data from ships. Ownership of AprizeSat 5 and 6 will be transferred to ExactEarth after a 90 days check out phase.

Mission details:

First to separate were AprizeSat 5 and 6, which were built by SpaceQuest of Fairfax, Virginia for COM DEV subsidiary exactEarth, Ltd. of Cambridge, Ontario and carry AIS (maritime Automatic Identification System) payloads for ship location tracking. The exactEarth system also includes the SpaceQuest-owned satellites AprizeSat 3 and 4, and a COM DEV attached payload on ISRO's ResourceSat-2 satellite.
Continuation of constellation.

Ref.: #7, #226 - update: 18.10.11

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