UniSat 5, 6, 7
UniSat 5 [GAUSS]
UniSat-5 (University Satellite 5) is the sixth satellite designed and manufactured by GAUSS group. GAUSS (acronym for Astrodynamic Group of University ”La Sapienza”) is a group composed of students and professors from the School of Aerospace Engineering (SIA) of ”Sapienza” University of Roma involved in education and space research projects. The team is managed by PhD and graduate students with the support and supervision of professors from the SIA. UniSat-5 design and manufacturing will involve also students and researchers from the Space Science Center of Morehead State University (MSU).
UniSat-5 is a civilian scientific microsatellite and its primary mission is to test researcher’s home grown equipment in the space conditions, create heritage for the follow-on missions and provide hands on experience and training for students from different universities. The satellite, manufactured by university students and researchers, will carry four principal payloads:
- GlioSat, a space biomedical experiment with the goal of investigating the combined effects of microgravity and ionizing radiation on Glioblastoma cells behavior, leaded by the Aerospace Engineering School with the support of IRCCS research center and Space Science Center at Morehead State University
- A stand-alone system for high definition digital imaging. The purpose of this system will be to observe Earth’s surface, as well as space debris in situ. It is composed of a camera, a telescope, C-band & S-band transceivers. Every component of this system is a commercially available product
- MRFOD, a student-built technology demonstrator which will result in the ejection of two-femtosatellites called PocketQub (under 400 gr) proposed by Professor Robert J. Twiggs (currently at Morehead State University). The femtosatellites Eagle-1 (designed by MSU students) and QBScout-1 will be ejected from UniSat-5 using an orbital deployer called the Morehead-Roma FemtoSat Orbital Deployer (MRFOD) already boarded on EduSat.it satellite, designed by GAUSS
- GAUSS CubeSat Deployer System, a student-built technology demonstrator which will allow the deployment of a 1UCubeSat. The system designed by GAUSS will allow the in orbit injection of the first cubesat designed by university students from Peru: PUCP-SAT 1
| Nation: | Italy |
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| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | GAUSS (La Sapienza University of Rome) |
| Contractors: | GAUSS (La Sapienza University of Rome) |
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| Configuration: | Cube |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | 4 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries |
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| Orbit: |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| Unisat 5 | 2013 | Do | Dnepr | with DubaiSat 2, STSAT 3, SkySat 1, WNISAT 1, BRITE-PL, AprizeSat 7, AprizeSat 8, Delfi-n3Xt, Dove 4, Triton 1, Triton 2, CINEMA 2, CINEMA 3, GOMX 1, FUNcube 1, I-Cube 1, eSt@r 2, Humsat-D, PUCP-SAT 1, UWE 3, Eagle 1, Pocket-PUCP, BeakerSat, QBScout 1, Wren, BPA 3 | |
| Unisat 6 | with ? | ||||
| Unisat 7 | with ? |
References:
- eoPortal Directory: UniSat-5
