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BlueWalker 1, 2, 3
BlueWalker 1 [NanoAvionics]
BlueWalker 1 is a 6U-CubeSat built by the Lithuanian company NanoAvionics for AST & Science. AST & Science is also an investor in NanoAvionics.
The satellite will be used to test AST & Science's patented technologies in a space environment. The manufacturing and payload integration reportedly was done in one month.
The satellite was released into a lower than planned orbit due to a delayed deployment, reducing the orbital life time slightly.
Two more satellites are planned for 2019 and 2020.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | NanoAvionics, AST & Science |
| Contractors: | NanoAvionics |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (6U) |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
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| Mass: | |
| Orbit: | 434 km × 515 km, 97.5° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlueWalker 1 (BW 1) | 2019-018AD | 01.04.2019 | Sr SLP | p | PSLV-QL | with EMISAT, Flock-4a 1, ..., 20, Lemur-2 96, ..., 99, M6P, Astrocast 0.2, AISTECHSAT 3, AIS/APRS/ARIS / releasesed in wrong orbit |
| BlueWalker 2 (BW 2) | - | 2020 | with ? | |||
| BlueWalker 3 (BW 3) | - | 2020 | with ? |
