Silu-1 (Silk Road 1)

Also called: Su Li 1-01

Launched together with: Tianzhou-1

Prime manufacturer	SpaceStarTech/Beijing
Platform	Tianzhou-1
Operator	Xi'an Institute of Surveying and Mapping
Mass at launch	4.5 kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Equipment
Solar array	Solar cells
Stabilization
Propulsion
DC power

Re-entered date:	11 Apr 2019
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China′s first space station cargo resupply ship was launched on Apr 20, 2017.
The Tianzhou cargo ship docked with the Tiangong-2 lab at 0416 UTC Apr 22, 2017.
On Aug 1, 2017 Tianzhou-1 ejected the Silu-1 (Silk Road 1) 3U cubesat, buit by SpaceStarTech/Beijing for the Xian Survey Bureau.
The tiny, 4.5 kg remote sensing satellite was developed by the Xi′an Institute of Surveying and Mapping, with involvement from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a number of its branches. Silk Road-1 is designed to be a pathfinder for a constellation of around 30 satellites operating across a variety of wavelengths.

Ref.: #3(SD558), #7(JR740), #14, #228 - update: 11.12.19