Educational CubeSats deployed from SSETI Express


 
CubeSat UWE-1
 
 
28 October 2005
 
Aboard the SSETI Express satellite, which was launched yesterday morning, were three educational CubeSat satellites each weighing 1kg and measuring 10x10x10cm.
 







They are:

  • Ncube2 from Norway
  • XI-V from University of Tokyo in Japan
  • UWE-1 from University of Würzburg in Germany

 
 
   
The flight model of CubeSat XI-V
 
The satellites were successfully deployed from SSETI Express 64 minutes into the mission and so far signals from XI-V and UWE-1 have been successfully received at their respective ground stations.
 
 
 
CubeSat NCube2
 
 
Ncube2 students are still struggling to receive the first life signs from their satellite.

ESA and the SSETI-Association congratulates the cubesat teams on the successful launch and deployment, and wish them the best of luck for the coming operations.
  
 

Artikel zum Thema

 •  SSETI Express – noch 24 Stunden bis zum Start (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMF9X538FE_Germany_0.html)

Links zum Thema

 •  Webseite UWE-1 der TU Würzburg (http://www7.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/cubesat/index.php?option=com_frontpage &Itemid=1)
 •  SSETI Association Homepage (http://www.sseti.net)
 •  SSETI Express Mission student site (http://sseti.gte.tuwien.ac.at/WSW4/MOPWS/index.php)
 •  Launch replay (http://www.esa.int/esa-mmg/mmg.pl?idf=SEM1NZ538FE)

Status reports

 •  SSETI Express Status reports (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMCMZ538FE_index_0.html)

SSETI Express diary

 •  20 - 26 October (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/sseti_express/SEMU0Y3J2FE_0.html)
 •  20 September - 6 October (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/sseti_express/SEM4P28X9DE_0.html)
 •  11-19 September (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/sseti_express/SEM4UH7X9DE_0.html)