ICube-1

Spacecraft nº:

Pakistan spacecraft nº: 3

Launch data:

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Descriptions:

• The ICube-1 cubesat is an educational pico-satellite developed by the Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
• The satellite is 1U CubeSat, carrying a low-resolution camera, a 3-axis magnetometer and several temperature sensors. The passive Attitude Control System consists of permanent magnets and hysteresis rods.
• Cubesats to be deployed from Unisat-5 were:
  • ICUBE-1 for Inst. of Space Technology, Islamabad.
  • PUCPSat-1 for Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lima.
  • HUMSAT-D for University of Vigo, Spain.
  • Dove-4 (3U), Earth imaging satellite for PlanetLabs.
    One of these may not yet have been deployed.