Biarri-Point

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Launch data:

Designation	17019
Launch date	18 Apr 2017 - 15:11 UT
Launch site	CC, SLC-41
Launch vehicle	Atlas V-401
Mission
Launch platform	ISS Kibo, LEO
Deployment date	18 May 2017??
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Launched together with: Cygnus CRS-7 - ALTAIR 1 - SUSAT - UNSW-ECO - i-INSPIRE 2 - ZA-AeroSat - nSIGHT 1 - Ex-Alta 1 - LilacSat 1 - NJUST 1 - Aoxiang 1 - SOMP 2 - QBITO - Aalto 2 - X-CubeSat - SpaceCube - DUTHSat - UPSat - Hoopoe - LINK - SNUSAT 1 & 1b - qbee50-LTU-OC - BeEagleSat - HAVELSAT - Phoenix - PolylTAN-2-SAU - QBUS 1, 2 & 4 - IceCube - CSUNSat 1 - CXBN 2 - KySat 3 - SHARC - Biarri-Point - Lemur-2 30-33

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Australian sources have reported that the AFRL/DSTO Biarri Point cubesat was clandestinely deployed from the ISS on May 18, 2017. If this is true, it has not been assigned a public catalog number in the US satellite catalog.
It seems that the Biarri-Point satellite, carrying an Australian GPS receiver, is actually the AFRL's SHARC satellite under another name. Recent press reports indicate that Biarri-Point is a 6U (0.6m long) cubesat like SHARC, rather than a 3U as claimed earlier.

Ref.: #7(JR739,740) - update: 20.08.17