PicSat

France

Int. spacecraft nº:

France spacecraft nº: 76

Launch data:

Designation	43131 / 18004W
Launch date	12 Jan 2018 - 03:59 UT
Launch site	Sriharikota, FLP
Launch vehicle	PSLV-XL
Mission	Astronomy
Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee	498 x 513 km
Eccentricity
Inclination	97.6 °
Period	94.6 min

Launched together with: Cartosat 2F - Microsat-TD - LEO Vantage 1 - Carbonite 2 - ICEYE X1 - INS 1C - Arkyd 6A - CICERO 7 - Landmapper-BC 3 v2 - Lemur-2 68/71 - Flock-3p′ 1/4 - MicroMAS 2a - CANYVAL-X 1 & 2 - CNUSail 1 - KAUSAT 5 - SIGMA - DemoSat 2 - Tyvak 61C - FOX 1D - STEP Cube Lab - SpaceBEE 1/4

Spacecraft data:

Prime manufacturer	Observatoire de Paris (OBSPM)
Platform	3U CubeSat
Operator	Observatoire de Paris (OBSPM)
Mass at launch	4 kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Equipment
Solar array	Solar cells
Stabilization
Propulsion	None
DC power
Uplink (MHz)	145.910
Downlink (MHz)	435.525
Beacon (MHz)
Mode	1200bps BPSK FM
Call sign
Status	Active
Design lifetime

End of live:

Out of service:	05 April 2018
Cause:	felt silent
Re-entered date:
Lifetime:

Description:

Picsat, a 3U cubesat from the Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, to perform transit photometry of the exoplanet Beta Pic b.

Mission details:

The satellite was launched as a secondary payload on an Indian PSLV launch in January 11, 2018.
It operated initially, but on 20 March 2018 the satellite fell silent. On 5 April 2018 the end of the mission was declared.

External links:

Satellite tracking (n2ya.com): Real time satellite tracking

Ref.: #7(JR745), #14, #228 - update: 06.01.19