UWE

UWE 2

Germany

Spacecraft n°:

Germany spacecraft n°: 59

University Würzburg's Experimental satellite 2

Designation	35932 / 09051B
Launch date	23 Sep 2009 - 06:21 UT
Launch site	Sriharikota
Launch vehicle	PSLV-CA
Mission	Civil: Technology Development
Sun-Synchronous LEO Earth orbit on:
Perigee / Apogee	714 x 724 km
Eccentricity	7.05E-04
Inclination	98.34 deg
Period	99.17 min

Prime contractor	University of Würzburg (Germany)
Platform
Operator	Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg
Mass at launch	1 kg
Dry Mass	kg
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Demonstration of a newly developed Attitude Determination and Control system (ADCS) and the technology demonstration of a GPS on a Cubesat.
ISRO, the Indian Space Research Organization, launched Oceansat-2 on Sep 23, a remote sensing satellite with an 8-band ocean color monitor, a radar scatterometer and a radio occultation atmospheric sounder. It also deployed four 1 kg Cubesats, and carried two Rubin maritime communications packages which remain attached to the PSLV final stage.

Ref.: #7(JR616), #226 - update: 02.01.10