EDUSAT

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Italian spacecraft n°: 27

Launch data: Designation  37788 / 11044A Launch date  17 Aug 2011 - 07:12 UT Launch site  Yasniy (Dombarovsky Missile Base) Launch vehicle  Dnepr-1 Mission  Civil: Technology Development Sun-Synchronous LEO Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  648 x 704 km Eccentricity  3.97E-03 Inclination  98.3 deg Period  98.1 min

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• Kosmotras launched a Dnepr rocket from the Yasniy spaceport carrying a cluster of small satellites on Aug 17. The Dnepr emerged from its silo at 0712 UTC and the first two stages had separated by 0716 UTC. After coast to a 700 km apogee, at 16 min after launch the third stage satellite-carrier separated its protective cover (`gas-dynamic shield', gasodinamicheskiy ekran) and then the payloads were ejected at two-second intervals.
• EduSAT is a programme that includes the project, the realization and the launch of a microsatellite with one or more didactic payload on board.
  Built by Aerospace school, University of Rome.
• Second to separate was the 10 kg Edusat technology satellite for the Universita di Roma la Sapienza, and the small 86 kg SSTL-100 NigeriaSat-X demonstration satellite.