Sumbandila Sat

SumbandilaSat OSCAR-67, SO-67 ZA-002
Type:	Earth observation satellite
Country:	South Africa South Africa
Operator:	SANSA
COSPAR-ID :	2009-049F
Mission dates
Dimensions:	81 kg
Size:	70 cm × 50 cm × 80 cm (without antenna)
Begin:	September 17, 2009, 15:55 UTC
Starting place:	Baikonur
Launcher:	Soyuz-2.1b
Status:	inactive
Orbit data
Orbit inclination :	98.8 °
Apogee height :	504 km
Perigee height :	498 km

SumbandilaSat (also SumbandilaSat-OSCAR 67 , Sumbandila or ZASat-002 ) is a South African satellite. It is an earth observation and amateur radio satellite developed by Stellenbosch University , built by SunSpace and operated by the South African National Space Agency .

Mission and Payload

SumbandilaSat was launched on September 17, 2009 as a secondary payload together with Meteor-M1 and five other small satellites with a Soyuz-2.1b from the Baikonur Cosmodrome . In addition to the Earth observation , which had to be stopped after two years due to technical defects after a geomagnetic storm , SumbandilaSat carries out experiments from several South African universities. There is also an amateur radio payload on board.

End of operation

In September 2011, the South African National Space Agency reported that there had been no contact with the satellite since June 2011. The satellite was damaged during a magnetic storm and the on-board computer has stopped working. By the time communication was broken, more than 1100 images had been transmitted to Earth.

Web links

Spaceteq: About Sumbandila ( Memento from May 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Sumbandila at the South African Council for Space Affairs (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Sumbandila in the NSSDCA Master Catalog , accessed on May 29, 2014 (English).
↑ ^a ^b Sumbandila Sats. EOPortal, accessed on May 29, 2014 (English).
^ Gunter Krebs: Sumbandila (ZA-002, SO 67, OSCAR 67). Gunter's Space Page, April 13, 2014, accessed May 29, 2014 .
↑ Sumbandila Sat beyond repair . Defense Web, January 25, 2012
^ Sumbandila satellite silent since being blasted by solar radiation. Engineering News, September 21, 2011, accessed May 29, 2014 .

[nssdc-1] Sumbandila in the NSSDCA Master Catalog , accessed on May 29, 2014 (English).

[eoportal-2] Sumbandila Sats. EOPortal, accessed on May 29, 2014 (English).

[gsp-3] Gunter Krebs: Sumbandila (ZA-002, SO 67, OSCAR 67). Gunter's Space Page, April 13, 2014, accessed May 29, 2014 .

[4] Sumbandila Sat beyond repair . Defense Web, January 25, 2012

[engineeringnews-5] Sumbandila satellite silent since being blasted by solar radiation. Engineering News, September 21, 2011, accessed May 29, 2014 .