Mission type Technology SATCAT no. 38081 Inclination 69.47° Period 1.6 hours Launch date 13 February 2012 | COSPAR ID 2012-006E Mission duration 3 months Inclination 69.47° Launch mass 1,000 g Last contact 9 January 2015 | |
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Operator Technical University of Budapest Similar PW‑Sat, Goliat, Xatcobeo, ALMASat‑1, LARES | ||
Reception of hungarian made satellite masat 1 on 16th february 2012
MaSat-1 (from the words Magyar and Satellite, the first meaning "Hungarian" in Hungarian, maszat, pronounced IPA [ˈmɒsɒt], meaning "smudge") is the first indigenous Hungarian satellite, developed and built by students at the Technical University of Budapest. The 1U CubeSat-type satellite was launched into low Earth orbit on 13 February 2012. The satellite provides telemetric data as well as VGA resolution color images at the 70 cm amateur radio wavelength (437.345 MHz frequency) received at the tracking center at Budapest. The center was tested on 31 March 2009 with the help of Charles Simonyi on board the International Space Station. With the successful launch of MaSat-1, Hungary became the 47th nation to orbit a satellite. Between 9 and 10 January 2015, the satellite reentered into the atmosphere, so the mission is closed.
Contents
- Reception of hungarian made satellite masat 1 on 16th february 2012
- Masat 1 cubesat configuration
- Operations
- Technical specifications
- References
Masat 1 cubesat configuration
Operations
Only weeks following its launch, after the first high-quality images were available was it revealed to the public that a camera was on board.
The satellite's antenna is made of a 16-centimeter-long stretch of a metal measuring tape.
Technical specifications
