ESt@r 2

Italy

Spacecraft nº:

Italien spacecraft nº: 37

Launch data:

Designation	41459 / 16025D
Launch date	25 Apr 2016 - 21:02 UT
Launch site	CSG, ELS
Launch vehicle	Soyuz-STA Fregat-M (VS14)
Mission	Civil: Technology
LEO, Elliptical Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee	442 x 687 km
Eccentricity	1,77E-02
Inclination	98.2 °
Period	95.9 min

Launched together with: Sentinel 1B - MICROSCOPE - AAUSAT 4 - e-st@r 2 - OUFTI 1

Spacecraft data:

Prime manufacturer	Polytechnic of Turin
Platform
Operator	Politecnico di Torino
Mass at launch	1 kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Equipment
Solar array
Stabilization
Propulsion
DC power
Design lifetime

Mission details:

On Apr 25, 2016 Arianespace flight VS14 launched a Soyuz ST-A from the ELS pad at CSG Sinnamary.
It then made a burn to 442 x 690 km and deployed three 1U cubesats:
OUFTI-1 for the University of Liege, AAUSAT-4 for Aalborg University in Denmark, and E-St@r-II for the Politecnico di Torino.

External links:

Satellite tracking: Real time satellite tracking

Ref.: #7(JR725), #226 - update: 22.04.17