Phoenix (QB50-TW01)

Taiwan

Spacecraft nº:

Taiwan spacecraft nº: 4

Part of the QB50 constellation.

Launch data:

Designation	42706 / 98067LP
Launch date	18 Apr 2017 - 15:11 UT
Launch site	CC, SLC-41
Launch vehicle	Atlas V-401
Mission	Education, technology
Launch platform	ISS Kibo, LEO
Deployment date	17 May 2017 - 01:45 UT
Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee	401 x 402 km
Inclination	51.6°
Period	92.4 min

Phoenix

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 - PolylTAN-2-SAU - QBUS 1, 2 & 4 - IceCube - CSUNSat 1 - CXBN 2 - KySat 3 - SHARC - Biarri-Point - Lemur-2 30-33

Spacecraft data:

Prime manufacturer	National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)
Platform	2U cubesat
Operator	National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)
Mass at launch	2 kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Equipment	INMS, Thermistors, Solar EUV sensors
Solar array	Solar cells
Stabilization
Propulsion	None
DC power
Uplink (MHz)
Downlink (MHz)	436.915
Beacon (MHz)
Mode	9600bps GMSK
Call sign	ON01TW
Status	Active

End of live:

Re-entered date:	08 May 2019 (.7)
Lifetime:

Description:

2U QB50-TW01, from National Chen Kung Univ in Taiwan City, Taiwan.
Phoenix carries three mission payloads:
- An Ion-Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS). It is a standard payload of QB50 for upper atmosphere science.
- Thermistors
- Solar EUV sensors

Ref.: #3(SD559), #7(JR738), #14, #228 - update: 11.12.19