URSA MAIOR (QB50-IT02)

Italy

Int. spacecraft nº:

Italian spacecraft nº: 40

URSA MAIOR= University of Rome la Sapienza Micro Attitude In Orbit testing.

Launch data:

Designation	42776 / 17036M
Launch date	23 Jun 2017 - 03:59 UT
Launch site	Sriharikota, FLP
Launch vehicle	PSLV-XL
Mission	Technology, thermospheric research
Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee	497 x 515 km
Eccentricity
Inclination	97.5°
Period	min

URSA MAIOR

Launched together with: Cartosat 2E - NIUSAT - CE-SAT 1 - Max Valier Sat - Venta 1 - CICERO 6 - Lemur-2 34-41 - Blue Diamond - Green Diamond - Red Diamond - COMPASS 2 - InflateSail - LituanicaSAT 2 - NUDTSat - Pegasus - UCLSat - VZLUsat 1 - D-Sat - Tyvak 53B - Aalto 1 - ROBUSTA 1B - SUCHAI - skCUBE

Spacecraft data:

Prime manufacturer	University of Rome "LA SAPIENZA"
Platform	CubeSat 3U
Operator	University of Rome "LA SAPIENZA"
Mass at launch	3 kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Equipment	mNLP
Solar array	Solar cells
Stabilization
Propulsion	MEMIT MEMS MicroThruster
DC power
Design lifetime	~6 months

Description:

As a payload for QB50, the satellite carries a multineedle Langmuir probe (mNLP) sampling the electron density of the space around it.
Besides the QB50 payload, URSA MAIOR carries the ARTICA deorbit sail, which will be deployed at the end of the mission and the MEMIT MEMS MicroThruster Experiment.

External links:

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

Ref.: #7(JR740), #14 - update: 19.12.17