AAU-Cubesat 2
| AAU-CubeSat 2 | |
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| Country: |
 Denmark
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| Operator: | Aalborg University |
| COSPAR-ID : | 2008-021F |
| Mission dates | |
| Dimensions: | 3 kg |
| Begin: | April 28, 2008, 03:53 UTC |
| Starting place: | Satish Dhawan Space Center |
| Launcher: | PSLV-CA C9 |
| Status: | in orbit |
| Orbit data | |
| Rotation time : | 96.9 min |
| Orbit inclination : | 97.7 ° |
| Apogee height : | 625 km |
| Perigee height : | 605 km |
AAU-Cubesat 2 (also AAUSAT-II ) is a Danish technology testing and amateur radio satellite .
Structure and Mission
AAU-Cubesat 2 was developed and built by students from Ålborg University Center . It is a pico satellite and was built according to the Cubesat architecture. It consists of a Cubesat unit (1U). The satellite served the training of students, the space testing of a gamma ray detector with cadmium zinc telluride and the commissioning of a digipeater for two-way connections by radio amateurs .
It was launched on April 28, 2008 with an Indian PSLV rocket along with the main payload Cartosat-2A and the satellites CanX 2 , CUTE-1.7 + APD II , Delfi-C3 , COMPASS-1 , SEEDS 2 and Rubin 8 from Satish Dhawan Space Center launched into a low earth orbit .
Its COSPAR designation is 2008-021F.
Web links
- AAUSAT II website ( Memento from March 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), Aalborg University (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ AAUSAT CUBESAT 2. N2YO, November 14, 2013, accessed on November 15, 2013 (English).
- ↑ AAUSAT 2 in the NSSDCA Master Catalog , accessed on November 14, 2013 (English).