ITUPSAT 1

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ITUPSAT 1 is classified as:

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• CubeSats

NORAD ID: 35935
Int'l Code: 2009-051E
Launch date: September 23, 2009
Source: Turkey (TURK)
Launch site: SRIHARIKOTA (SRI)



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.

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1 35935U 09051E   26255.17703776  .00000510  00000-0  11498-3 0  9990
2 35935  98.3952 163.0967 0007046 339.1682  20.9230 14.60547800901432

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