BEEAGLESAT

BEEAGLESAT is no longer on orbit
BEEAGLESAT is classified as:

Amateur radio

NORAD ID: 42736

Int'l Code: 1998-067MR

Launch date: November 20, 1998
Source: Turkey (TURK)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)
Decay date: 2019-04-27

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 437.370
Beacon (MHz):
Mode: 9600bps GMSK
Call sign: ON01TR
Status: Reentered

BEEAGLESAT is a 2U CubeSat launched within the EU FP7 project QB 50, manufactured by Istanbul Technical University and Turkish Air Force Academy. The X-ray detector utilizes cross strip geometry to test the detection system in space, but it does not carry a mask for imaging. The readout is established by an application specific integrated circuit controlled by a microcontroller. The system has its own battery and is turned on intermittently due to power and telemetry constraints. The satellite measures the hard X-ray background in 20-150 keV at low Earth orbit conditions as a function of altitude. As a payload for QB50, the satellite carries a multineedle Langmuir probe (mNLP) sampling the electron density of the space around it.