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China (PR)

Spacecraft nº:

Chinese spacecraft nº: 111

MEMS-Pico

Launch data:

Designation	31491 / 07019B
Launch date	25 May 2007 - 07:12 UT
Launch site	Jiuquan
Launch vehicle	CZ-2D (#F08)
Mission	Civil: Scientific Research (Experimental picosatellite)
Sun-Synchronous LEO Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee	633 x 654 km
Eccentricity	1,50E-03
Inclination	97.84°
Period	97.58 min

Spacecraft data:

Prime contractor	Zhejiang University
Operator	Zhejiang University
Platform
Mass at launch	3 kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime

Decay:

Out of service:	Oct 2010
Cause:

Mission details:

The launch also carried an experimental picosatellite from Zhejiang University. The 1 kg satellite is for microelectronics research. It is probably the MEMS-Pico satellite, previously announced as under development by Zhejiang University and Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology. MEMS-Pico is a solar-panel-covered rhombicuboctahedron containing a MEMS infrared sensor, an S-band transceiver and a CMOS camera.

Ref.: #7(JR581), #226 - update: 11.01.11