ITUPSAT 1

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ITUPSAT 1 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 35935

Int'l Code: 2009-051E

Perigee: 701.4 km

Apogee: 714.5 km

Inclination: 98.5 °

Period: 98.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 7078 km

RCS: 0.034 m² (small)

Launch date: September 23, 2009
Source: Turkey (TURK)
Launch site: SRIHARIKOTA (SRI)

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 437.325
Beacon (MHz): 437.325
Mode: 19200bps GFSK CW*
Call sign: ITUPSAT
Status: Active

ITUpSAT1, short for Istanbul Technical University picoSatellite-1) is a single CubeSat built by the Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Istanbul Technical University. It was launched on September 23, 2009 atop a PSLV-C14 satellite launch vehicle from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh in India, and became the first Turkish university satellite to orbit the Earth. It was expected to have a minimum of six-month life term, but it is still functioning for over two years. It is a picosatellite with side lengths of 10 cm (3.9 in) and a mass of 0.990 kg (2.18 lb). The overall objectives are to provide a hands-on project environment for the students at the ITU under faculty guidance. The mission goals are to capture imagery of the CMOS payload, and to study the behavior of the passive stabilization system of the CubeSat.