SpaceCube (QB50-FR05)

France

Spacecraft nº:

France spacecraft nº: 74

Part of the QB50 constellation.

Launch data:

Designation	42717 / 98067LY
Launch date	18 Apr 2017 - 15:11 UT
Launch site	CC, SLC-41
Launch vehicle	Atlas V-401
Mission	Technology, atmosphere
Launch platform	ISS Kibo, LEO
Deployment date	18 May 2017 - 08:25 UT
Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee	400 x 404 km
Inclination	51.6°
Period	92.4 min

SpaceCuba 1

Launched together with: Cygnus CRS-7 - ALTAIR 1 - SUSAT - UNSW-ECO - i-INSPIRE 2 - ZA-AeroSat - nSIGHT 1 - Ex-Alta 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 - Phoenix - 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	Mines ParisTech
Platform	Cubesat 2U
Operator	Mines ParisTech
Mass at launch	2 kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Equipment	FIPEX
Solar array	Solar cells
Stabilization
Propulsion	None
DC power
Uplink (MHz)	145.860
Downlink (MHz)	436.880
Beacon (MHz)
Mode	9600bps GMSK FM
Call sign	ON05FR
Status	Active

End of live:

Re-entered date:	28 Feb 2019 (.9)
Lifetime:

Description:

SpaceCube is a 2U QB50-FR05, from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines in Paris.
The purpose of this CubeSat include upper atmosphere science for the QB50 project, radio communication experiments, technology demonstrator, education, training and outreach. It will also provide an Amateur FM transponder.
It carries the FIPEX (Flux-F-Probe Experiment) of TU Dresden as the primary payload for the QB50 project, which is able to distinguish and measure the time-resolved behaviour of atomic and molecular oxygen as a key parameter of the lower thermosphere.

Ref.: #3(SD556), #7(JR738), #14, #228 - update: 09.12.19