PicPot

PicPot [Politecnico del Torino]

PicPot (Piccolo Cubo del Politecnico del Torino) is a small technology satellite built by the Polytechnic University of Torino. It has a cube-structure of 15 cm side length.

The objects of the PicPot project are:

Students gaining experience of construction, production and control of automatic spacecraft;
photographing the northern hemisphere of the Earth;
technological tests under space conditions of silicic solar photoelectric elements intended for the use on Earth;
testing the efficiency of litievo-polymeric batteries under the space conditions;
testing a brushless direct-current motor;
checking communication channels.

The launch was not successful, as the Dnepr-1 failed 86 sec after launch.

Nation:	Italy
Type / Application:	Technology
Operator:	Politecnico del Torino
Contractors:	Politecnico del Torino
Equipment:
Configuration:	Cube
Propulsion:	None
Lifetime:
Mass:	2 kg
Orbit:

Satellite	Date	LS		Launcher	Remarks:
PicPot	26.07.2006	TB LC-109/95	F	Dnepr-1	with BelKa 1, Baumanets 1, Unisat 4, CP 1, CP 2, HAUSAT 1, ICECube 1, ICECube 2, ION, KUTESat-Pathfinder, Mea Huaka'i, MEROPE, Ncube 1, Rincon 1, SACRED, SEEDS, AeroCube 1