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Nanosatellite Launch System

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The Nanosatellite Launch System (NLS) is a series of satellite launch missions launched 2003–2010, coordinated by the Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS).

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NLS has provided low-cost launch services for a number of nanosatellites.

NLS 1

  • Launch date: 30 June 2003
  • Launch vehicle: Rockot
  • Launch site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome
  • Participants: CanX-1, AAUSAT-1, DTUsat

    • NLS 4

  • Launch date: 28 April 2008
  • Launch vehicle: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C9)
  • Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Second Launch Pad
  • Participants: CanX-2, AAUSAT-II, COMPASS-1, Delfi-C3, CUTE-1.7+APD II and SEEDS II

    • NLS 5

  • Launch date: 28 April 2008
  • Launch vehicle: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C9)
  • Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Second Launch Pad
  • Participants: CanX-6/NTS

    • NLS 6

  • Launch date : July 12, 2010
  • Launch vehicle: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15)
  • Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, First Launch Pad
  • Participants: AISSat-1, TIsat-1

    • NLS 8

  • Launch date : 25 February 2013
  • Launch vehicle: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15)
  • Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, First Launch Pad
  • Participants: Sapphire, NEOSSat, TUGSAT-1, UniBRITE-1, STRaND-1, AAUSAT3

    • References

    Nanosatellite Launch System Wikipedia
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