SIMBA [Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium]
SIMBA (Sun-earth Imbalance) is a Belgian 3U CubeSat, designed by the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgiumw ith the participation of the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, the University of Leuven and ISIS-Innovative Solutions In Space as a technology demonstration mission.
The satellite will have three objectives:
The satellite was to be originally part of the QB50 constellation, but dropped out later. Launch into a sun synchroneous orbit is now planned for 2018.
Nation: | Belgium |
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Type / Application: | Technology |
Operator: | Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium |
Contractors: | Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium; ISIS (bus) |
Equipment: | |
Configuration: | CubeSat (3U) |
Propulsion: | None |
Power: | 2 deployable fixed solar arrays, solar cells, batteries |
Lifetime: | |
Mass: | 4 kg |
Orbit: | 534 km × 536 km, 97.52° |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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SIMBA (ex QB50 BE02) | 2020-061H | 03.09.2020 | Ko ELV | Vega | with Athena, ION-SCV 1, ESAIL, UPMSat 2, NEMO-HD, ŃuSat 6, GHGSat C1, Flock-4v 1, ..., 26, Lemur-2 112, ..., 119, SpaceBEE 10, ..., 21, FSSCat A, B, NAPA 1, TARS, EG 2, OSM 1 CICERO, DIDO 3, PICASSO, TRISAT, AMICal-Sat, TTÜ100 |