Contractor ISC Kosmotras Regime Low Earth Rocket Dnepr | Reference system Geocentric Launch date 17 April 2007 Launch site Baikonur Cosmodrome | |
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Website Libertad 1 Space Program Operator Sergio Arboleda University Similar Brasilsat‑A1, Intasat, WRESAT, PoSAT‑1, FASat‑Alfa | ||
Libertad 1 (English: Freedom 1) is a single CubeSat built by the Space Program of the Sergio Arboleda University in Colombia. It was launched aboard a Dnepr rocket on April 17, 2007 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan and became the first Colombian satellite to orbit the Earth. It used a telemetric payload to keep it in communication with the University. It was expected to have a 50-day lifespan, however news reports two years after it was launched stated the satellite was still working and sending information, passing over Colombia twice a day.
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