VELOX 1 [NTU]
The VELOX-I mission is a Singaporean nanosatellite mission consisting of two satellites - VELOX-1 and the VELOX P3 subsatellite - to operate in sun synchronous Low Earth’s Orbit (LEO). The project is part of NTU’s Undergraduate Satellite Program, which provides an opportunity for engineering students to participate in a multidisciplinary hands-on space project.
The objective of the mission is to provide hands-on experience on a space project for students and to conduct several technology demonstrations. The mission objectives are:
VELOX-1 is a 3U CubeSat, which deploys the VELOX P3 (P-Sat) subsatellite in orbit. NSAT features four deployable solar arrays and has a projected life time of 2 years. The payload consists of a imaging system with extended optics for 20 m ground resolution, a quantum physics payload and an intersatellite communications payload. VELOX P3 (P-Sat) will be only deployed at the end of the mission after extensive conjunction analysis to avoid potential collisions with other satellites.
VELOX P3 was apparently never deployed.
Nation: | Singapore |
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Type / Application: | Technology |
Operator: | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
Contractors: | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
Equipment: | |
Configuration: | CubeSat (3U) |
Propulsion: | None |
Power: | 2 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries |
Lifetime: | 2 years |
Mass: | 4.5 kg (launch with PSAT); 4.25 kg (NSAT only) |
Orbit: | 641 km × 655 km, 98.25° |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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VELOX 1 (VELOX 1-NSAT) | 2014-034E | 30.06.2014 | Sr FLP | PSLV-CA | with SPOT 7, CanX 4, CanX 5, AISat 1, VELOX P3 |