NUSAT-3

NUSAT-3 is no longer on orbit

NORAD ID: 42760

Int'l Code: 2017-034C

Launch date: June 15, 2017
Source: Argentina (ARGN)
Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)
Decay date: 2025-06-28

The NUSAT-3C microsatellite owned by Satellogic (Argentina) was Built in Montevideo, Uruguay, by a Satellogic subsidiary company. The satellite weighs around 80 pounds (37 kilograms) and is identical to two ÑuSat satellites launched on a Chinese rocket in May 2016. Each ÑuSat craft hosts cameras to capture imagery in color, infrared and in the hyperspectral regime, which gives analysts additional information about the makeup of objects, plants and terrain in Earth observation products. The satellites can resolve features on Earth as small as 3.3 feet (1 meter) across. ÑuSat 3 is nicknamed Milanesat, after the traditional Argentine steak dish Milanesa.