NUDTSat (National University of Defense Technology Satellite) is a 2U-CubeSat for technology development and upper atmosphere science. It is developed and built at the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT).
It is a part of the QB50 constellation to gather science data in the upper layers of the troposphere in the altitude range from 350 km down to 200 km. The QB50 project, which demonstrates the possibility of launching a network of 50 CubeSats built by Universities Teams all over the world to perform first-class science in the largely unexplored lower thermosphere.
It carries a Science Unit (SU) named INMS (Ion/Neutral Mass Spectrometer) for sampling of low mass ionized and neutral particles in lower thermosphere, such as O, O2, and N2.
The satellite is one of six QB50 science satellites, which were to be launched on a Dnepr rocket on the QB50-DS flight. When the availability of Dnepr launch vehicle had become doubtful, they were transfered to an Indian PSLV-XL launch.
Nation: | China |
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Type / Application: | Technology, atmosphere |
Operator: | National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) |
Contractors: | National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) |
Equipment: | INMS |
Configuration: | CubeSat (2U) |
Propulsion: | None |
Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
Lifetime: | 3 months |
Mass: | 2 kg |
Orbit: | 497 km × 515 km, 97.45° |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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NUDTSat (QB50 CN06) | 2017-036Y | 23.06.2017 | Sr FLP | PSLV-XL | with Cartosat 2E, NIUSAT, CE-SAT 1, Max Valier Sat, Venta 1, CICERO 6, Lemur-2 34, ..., 41, Blue Diamond, Green Diamond, Red Diamond, COMPASS 2, InflateSail, LituanicaSAT 2, URSA MAIOR, Pegasus, UCLSat, VZLUsat 1, D-Sat, PACSCISAT, Aalto 1, ROBUSTA 1B, SUCHAI, skCUBE, IDEA |