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SIGMA (KHUSAT 3)
SIGMA [KHU]
SIGMA (Scientific cubesat with Instruments for Global magnetic field and rAdiation) or KHUSAT 3 (Kyung Hee University Satellite) is a 3U cubesat developed at the Kyung Hee University, South Korea.
The mission of SIGMA is to measure global magnetic field and radiation.
The payloads on board are:
- TEPC - Radiation Detector
- Magnetometer on a deployable boom
The satellite was to be launched as a secondary payload on a Falcon-9 v1.2 rocket, but was later moved to a PSLV-XL rocket. It wass expected to operate for three months.
Launch and deployment was successful, but apparently no contact with SIGMA was established after deployment.
| Nation: | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | Kyung Hee University |
| Contractors: | Kyung Hee University |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (3U) |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 3 months |
| Mass: | 4 kg |
| Orbit: |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIGMA (KHUSAT 3) | 2018-004Z ? | 12.01.2018 | Sr FLP | PSLV-XL | with Cartosat 2F, Microsat-TD, LEO Vantage 1, Carbonite 2, ICEYE X1, INS 1C, Arkyd 6A, CICERO 7, Landmapper-BC 3 v2, Lemur-2 68, ..., 71, Flock-3p' 1, ..., 4, MicroMAS 2a, PicSat, CANYVAL-X 1, 2, CNUSail 1, KAUSAT 5, DemoSat 2, GeoStare, Fox 1D, STEP Cube Lab, SpaceBEE 1, ..., 4 |
References:
- In-Seuck Jeung, Ji Hyun Park: Recent status of CubeSat development as the UNISEC-Global activity: Korea, The Second UNISEC-Global Meeting, 18-20 November 2014
- KHU Air & SSI Lab.: KHUSAT-03
Further KHUSAT missions:
