CubeBug-2

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CubeBug-2
Type: Technology testing
Country: ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
Operator: INVAP
COSPAR-ID : 2013-066AA
Mission dates
Dimensions: 2 kg
Size: 10 cm × 10 cm × 20 cm
Begin: November 21st 2013
Starting place: Jasny Cosmodrome
Launcher: Dnepr
Status: in orbit
Orbit data
Rotation time : 97.6 min
Orbit inclination : 97.6 °
Apogee height 700 km
Perigee height 585 km

CubeBug-2 (also LUSAT-OSCAR 74 or Manolito ) is an Argentine amateur radio and former technology testing satellite . Its COSPAR designation is 2013-066AA.

Structure and payload

CubeBug-2 is a Cubesat of size 2U. The satellite transmits on 437.445 MHz in the AX.25 operating mode .

Mission history

CubeBug-2 was launched together with DubaiSat 2 and numerous other secondary payloads on November 21, 2013 with a Dnepr rocket from the Jasny Cosmodrome .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gunter Krebs: CubeBug 1, 2 (El Capitán Beto, Manolito). Gunter's Space Page, accessed June 1, 2014 .
  2. Space-Track.Org. Retrieved June 16, 2019 .