STRAND 1

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STRAND 1 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 39090

Int'l Code: 2013-009E

Perigee: 776.0 km

Apogee: 788.2 km

Inclination: 98.5 °

Period: 100.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 7153 km

RCS: 0.076 m² (small)

Launch date: February 25, 2013
Source: United Kingdom (UK)
Launch site: SRIHARIKOTA (SRI)

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 437.568
Beacon (MHz): 437.568
Mode: 9600bps GMSK
Call sign:
Status: Active

STRAND 1 is a 9.4-pound (4-kg) triple-CubeSat satellite, the world's first satellite with a smartphone-based computer. STRaND-1 is also packed with a multitude of experimental systems that will allow it to do all sorts of exciting things when in orbit. STRaND-1 will have no less than 4 means of manoeuvring. It is equipped with magnetorquers and reaction wheels as well as some brand new propulsion systems: the WARP DRiVE and 8 Pulsed Plasma Thrusters. The Cubesat will also carry a total of four cameras: two to help orientate the satellite (the sun sensor and nadir sensor seen in the image below), the phone camera that will shoot photos of Earth and a final one (also seen in the image) that will show us what the phone is doing in orbit.