Minisat 1

Spain

Spacecraft n°:

Spanish spacecraft n°: 5

Launch data:

Designation	24779 / 97018A
Launch date	21 Apr 1997
Launch site	Gando, L-1011 Canary Islands
Launch vehicle	Pegasus-XL (#17)
Mission	Scientific: UV Astronomy
Earth orbit on:
Perigee/Apogee	562 / 581 km
Inclination	151° (inclination record)
Period	96.1 min

3 experiments are onboard: EURD (a spectrograph that will study the background radiation in the extreme ultraviolet range), LEGRI (will study the low energy gamma radiation from astronomic sources) and CPLM (to study the behaviour of liquid bridges in microgravity conditions).

Specifications

Prime contractor	CASA
Platform	Minisat 0
Mass at launch	195 kg
Mass in orbit
Dimension	2.487 x 2.554 x 1.170 m
Solar array	4 panels, 45 W per panel
Stabilization	1 axis
DC power
Design lifetime

Data can be stored onboard (32 Mb) and transmitted at 1 Mbps through a 5 W S-band link
Transmits on 2.223 GHz

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