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UPM-LBSat (UPMSat)
UPM-LBSat [UPM]
The UPM-LBSat or UPMSat (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Satellite) is a microsat built by the University of Madrid and CIDE, Spain. The 44 kg (47 kg before separation) satellite was launched on the Ariane-40 H10-3 V75 mission on the 7th July 1995 alongside Cerise on an ASAP platform, besides the primary payload Helios 1A, a military remote sensing satellite.
The orbit is 665 × 675 km inclined at 98.1 degrees. The satellite is box shapedwith dimensions 530 × 450 × 450 mm, generates 30W end of life DC power from its four solar panels (three Si, one GaAs), and carries fluid dynamics and micro-gravity payloads. A 200 kHz bandwidth UHF transmitter is also included for communications research. It is attitude stabilized using magnetorquers.
| Nation: | Spain |
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| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Satellite |
| Contractors: | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Satellite |
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| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
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| Mass: | 44 kg |
| Orbit: | 665 km × 675 km, 98.1° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| UPM-LBSat (UPMSat) | 1995-033Cs | 07.07.1995 | Ko ELA-2 | Ariane-40 H10-3 | with Helios 1A, Cerise |
