LituanicaSAT-1

LituanicaSAT-1
Type:	Amateur radio satellite
Country:	Lithuania
Operator:	Vilnius University
COSPAR-ID :	1998-067EN
Mission dates
Dimensions:	1.090 kg
Size:	10 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm
Begin:	January 9, 2014, 18:07 UTC
Starting place:	Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A
Launcher:	Antares-120
Orbit data

LituanicaSAT-1 (also LituanicaSAT-OSCAR 78 or LO-78 ) is a Lithuanian amateur radio satellite from Vilnius University .

Structure and Mission

The satellite bears the name Lituanica of the aircraft with which the two Lithuanian pilots Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas crossed the Atlantic non-stop in 1933.

LituanicaSAT-1 is based on the Cubesat standard and consists of one unit (1U). It has the dimensions 10 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm and weighs 1,090 kg. Lituanica Sat-1 is controlled by a host computer based on the microcontroller Cortex-M4F of ARM . An Arduino Mega2560 board serves as a backup .

Together with the Lithuanian LitSat-1, it was one of the first two Lithuanian satellites to be launched from the International Space Station on February 28, 2014 , after it was launched on January 9 with the Cygnus space transporter from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport .

The satellite contains a converter for FM voice radio connections. If this is not in operation, a radio beacon sends the amateur radio call sign LY5N.

Since LituanicaSAT-1 is regarded as a subsatellite of the ISS, it received a COSPAR designation with 1998-067EN , which was derived from that of the ISS and which includes the starting year 1998 of the ISS.

Web links

• Official website (English)
• AMSAT-UK: LituanicaSAT-1 Lithuanian CubeSat (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} LituanicaSAT-1 Lithuanian CubeSat. AMSAT-UK, February 27, 2014, accessed June 13, 2014 . 
2. ^ Satellite Description. (No longer available online.) Kosmonautai.lt, archived from the original on July 4, 2014 ; accessed on June 11, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ OSCAR number for LituanicaSAT-1. AMSAT-UK, June 10, 2014, accessed June 13, 2014 .