Perseus-M [Canopus Systems US]
The Perseus-M satellites are small maritime surveillance satellites developed by Canopus Systems US, an US American independent affiliate of the Russian Dauria Aerospace.
The Perseus-M satellites are built as pathfinder satellites to the CubeSat (6U) standard and feature an Automatic Identification System (AIS) receiver provided by LuxSpace similar to Dauria's DX 1 prototype satellite. Originally an imaging payload was planned.
Dauria and Canopus Systems also planned to launch eight optical Perseus-O earth observation satellites in late 2015, but this was cancelled.
Nation: | Russia, USA |
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Type / Application: | Traffic monitoring |
Operator: | Canopus Systems US → Aquila Space |
Contractors: | Dauria Aerospace, Canopus Systems US |
Equipment: | AIS-receiver |
Configuration: | CubeSat (6U) |
Propulsion: | None |
Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
Lifetime: | 1 year |
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Orbit: | 606 km × 625 km, 97.9° (#1); 605 km × 623 km, 97.9° (#2) |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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Perseus-M 1 | 2014-033AF | 19.06.2014 | Do LC-370/13 | Dnepr | with Deimos 2, KazEOSat 2, Saudisat 4, TabletSat-Aurora, BugSat 1, AprizeSat 9, AprizeSat 10, UniSat 6, BRITE-CA 1, BRITE-CA 2, Hodoyoshi 3, Hodoyoshi 4, Perseus-M 2, Flock-1c 1, ..., 11, POPSAT-HIP 1, QB50P1, QB50P2, PACE, TigriSat, ANTELSAT, Lemur 1, NanoSatC-Br 1, Duchifat 1, PolyITAN 1, DTUSat 2, AeroCube 6A, AeroCube 6B | |
Perseus-M 2 | 2014-033AD | 19.06.2014 | Do LC-370/13 | Dnepr | with Deimos 2, KazEOSat 2, Saudisat 4, TabletSat-Aurora, BugSat 1, AprizeSat 9, AprizeSat 10, UniSat 6, BRITE-CA 1, BRITE-CA 2, Hodoyoshi 3, Hodoyoshi 4, Perseus-M 1, Perseus-M 1, Flock-1c 1, ..., 11, POPSAT-HIP 1, QB50P1, QB50P2, PACE, TigriSat, ANTELSAT, Lemur 1, NanoSatC-Br 1, Duchifat 1, PolyITAN 1, DTUSat 2, AeroCube 6A, AeroCube 6B |