UiTMSAT-1

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UiTMSAT-1
UiTMSAT-1 in space (Iss056e130490) (cropped).jpg
UiTMSAT-1 in Space
Mission type Technology demonstration
Operator Universiti Teknologi MARA
COSPAR ID 1998-067PD OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
SATCAT no. 43589
Website birds2.birds-project.com
Mission duration6-9 months (planned)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type1U CubeSat
Manufacturer Universiti Teknologi MARA
Launch mass1.11 kg
Dimensions10 × 10 × 10 cm
Start of mission
Launch date29 June 2018, 09:42 UTC
Rocket Falcon 9 Full Thrust
Launch site Cape Canaveral, SLC-40
Contractor SpaceX
Deployed from International Space Station
Deployment date10 August 2018
End of mission
Decay date20 November 2020
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric orbit
Regime Low Earth orbit
Perigee altitude 398.6 km
Apogee altitude 407.2 km
Inclination 51.6°
Period 92.5 minutes
  Birds-1
 

UiTMSAT-1 was a Malaysian nanosatellite, built primarily by Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) as part of the multi-nation Birds-2 project. The 1U CubeSat was launched into space on 29 June 2018 and deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on 10 August 2018.

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Background

Malaysia has had several satellites in orbit, beginning with the MEASAT constellation, first operational in 1996. Their first microsatellite, TiungSAT-1, was launched in 2000. [1]

Development

Planning for the mission began in December 2016 at the Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT). UiTM postgraduate students Syazana Basyirah Mohammad Zaki and Muhammad Hasif Azami developed the satellite over a 19-month period and collaborated with eight other students from the Philippines, Bhutan, and Japan. This collaboration also inspired the creation of a new Communication Satellite Centre at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). [2]

Objectives

Launch and mission

Birds-2 in the JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer. Birds-2 on ISS (Iss056e100586).jpg
Birds-2 in the JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer.
Birds-2 satellites deployed from the Kibo module. Birds-2 deployed from Kibo (Iss056e130478).jpg
Birds-2 satellites deployed from the Kibō module.

UiTMSAT-1 was launched to space on 29 June 2018 by the Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket at Cape Canaveral in Florida, United States as part of the SpaceX CRS-15 Commercial Resupply Service mission. [2] Maya-1 and BHUTAN-1, which were also developed under the Birds-2 project, were among the payload of the rocket. [3] All three nanosatellites were deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) and achieved orbit on 10 August 2018. [4] [5]

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References

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