LitSat-1

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LitSat-1
Lithuania satellites stamp 2014.jpg
Operator LSA, LSSTI, KTU, VGTU
COSPAR ID 1998-067EP OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
SATCAT no. 39570 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Mission duration2 months 24 days deployed, 4 months 13 days in space (6 months planned)
Start of mission
Launch date9 January 2014, 18:07 (2014-01-09UTC18:07Z) UTC
Rocket Antares 120
Launch site MARS LP-0A
Contractor Orbital Sciences
Deployed from ISS
End of mission
Last contact21 May 2014 05:15:15 UTC
Decay date22 May 2014
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
 

LitSat-1 was one of the first two Lithuanian satellites (other one being Lituanica SAT-1). It was launched aboard the second Cygnus spacecraft along with 28 Flock-1 CubeSats aboard an Antares 120 carrier rocket flying from Pad 0B at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island. [1] The launch was scheduled to occur in December 2013, but later was rescheduled to 9 January 2014 and occurred then. The satellite was deployed from the International Space Station via the NanoRacks Cubesat Deployer on February 28, 2014. [2] [3] Three Lithuanian words will be broadcast from space "Lietuva myli laisvę" (Lithuania loves freedom). Launch of satellites Lituanica SAT-1 and LitSat-1 was broadcast live in Lithuania.

On 6 March 2014 the satellite radio station of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) established a two-way connection with LitSat-1 for the first time. [4]

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References

  1. "Lietuviškas palydovas "LitSat-1" paskutinį kartą išbandomas Žemėje" (in Lithuanian). DELFI.lt. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  2. "Experiment Details". www.nasa.gov.
  3. "LitSat-1". AMSAT-UK.
  4. "LitSat-1 successfully follows the commands of KTU team in space". Archived from the original on March 8, 2014.