COSPAR ID 2009-049E Launch mass 30 kilograms (66 lb) Launch site Baikonur 31/6 Regime Low Earth orbit | SATCAT no. 35869 Rocket Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat Launch date 17 September 2009 Reference system Geocentric orbit | |
Mission type Earth observation
Technology Operator Ufa State Aviation Technical University Similar Universitetsky‑Tatyana‑2, Nanosat‑1B, Progress M‑66, PharmaSat, Progress M‑MIM2 | ||
UGATUSAT is a Russian nanosatellite which was built, and will be operated by Ufa State Aviation Technical University (UGATU). The satellite will be used as a technology demonstrator, and for Earth observation. The development programme was budgeted at around 155M Roubles (£3.75M/$7.25M). Launch, atop a Kosmos-3M carrier rocket from LC-107 at Kapustin Yar is currently scheduled for 19 June. It will be launched as a secondary payload, with the primary payload consisting of six Orbcomm satellites. It has been reported that it may be transferred to a later launch, as a secondary payload on a Soyuz-2 rocket, to the first Persona satellite.
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