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CubeSats
 
Nine CubeSats will be flown during the debut of Europe’s new Vega launch vehicle in late 2008 or early 2009. Together they represent a diverse range of designs and a variety of miniaturised technologies and sensors.
The 9 CubeSats will be accommodated in three P-POD deployment systems which are to be mounted on the payload interface of Vega’s AVUM upper stage. Each 1 kg CubeSat will be deployed into a high inclination, low Earth orbit, and is expected to operate in orbit for up to one year using a small ground station based at the respective university.

 
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Project: CubeSats
Level: University
Status:9 (+ 2 back-up) CubeSats are being prepared
Contact:Piero Galeone, vega @ esa.int
 
 
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