F-1 (satellite)

F-1

Country:	Vietnam Vietnam
COSPAR-ID :	1998-067CR
Mission dates
Dimensions:	1 kg
Size:	10 × 10 × 10 cm
Begin:	July 21, 2012
Starting place:	Tanegashima Space Center
Launcher:	H-2B
Status:	Glows up (May 10, 2013)
Orbit data

F-1 was a Vietnamese satellite with Cubesat architecture that was built at FPT University in Hanoi .

construction

The task of the F-1 project was to promote the training of aerospace engineers and students , as well as to test an advanced three-axis magnetometer developed at the Ångström Space Technology Center (ÅSTC) at Uppsala University . In addition, there was a low-resolution camera (640 × 480 pixels with 8-bit color depth) on board. The satellite should transmit an AX.25 beacon signal on 145.980 MHz in the 2 m band under the amateur radio call sign XV1VN .

A prototype of the F-1 satellite was initially built as a 2-unit cubesat (20 × 10 × 10 cm), but the actual satellite could be reduced to half its size as a 1-unit cubesat (10 × 10 × 10 cm) become.

Structure of the F-1 cubesat

Originally, F-1 was as payload on the private from the company Interorbital Systems developed Neptune planned rocket. Since this rocket is not yet available, FPT University arranged the launch via the company NanoRacks, which is responsible for transporting the satellite to the International Space Station and launching it into space .

F-1 was launched on July 21, 2012 in the HTV-3 in the Tanegashima Space Center and brought to the ISS. From there it was released into space on October 4, 2012, together with the four other CubeSats RAIKO , WE WISH , FITSAT-1 and TechEdSat .

After the launch into space, no signals could be received from F-1. F-1 re-entered the earth's atmosphere on May 10, 2013 and burned up.

Launching CubeSats from the ISS
(from left to right: TechEdSat, F-1 and FITSAT-1).
Prototype as a 2U Cubesat
F-1 during thermal testing
Logo of the F-1 mission