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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

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