AprizeSat
Manufacturer | SpaceQuest, Ltd. |
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Country of origin | United States |
Operator | SpaceQuest, LatinSat, exactEarth, SpaceQuest |
Applications | Identification and tracking for ships, containers and vehicles |
Specifications | |
Bus | Aprize |
Design life | 10 years |
Launch mass | 13 kg (29 lb) |
Dimensions | 250 mm × 250 mm × 250 mm (9.8 in × 9.8 in × 9.8 in) |
Volume | 0.015 m3 (0.53 cu ft) |
Power | 7.7 W minimum |
Equipment | Omnidirectional UHF radio |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Production | |
Status | Operational |
Built | 12 |
Launched | 12 |
First launch | 20 December 2002 |
Last launch | 19 June 2014 |
AprizeSat is an American micro-satellite platform for low Earth orbit communications satellites. It is marketed as a low-cost solution, with a claimed cost of US$1.2 million per satellite for a 24-to-48-satellite constellation.[1] As of 2014, twelve spacecraft based on the Aprize bus have been launched.[2]
Launch history
Satellite name | Launch date | Status |
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LatinSat 1 | 2002-12-20 | Operational |
LatinSat 2 | 2002-12-20 | Operational |
LatinSat C (AprizeSat 1) | 2004-06-29 | Operational |
LatinSat D (AprizeSat 2) | 2004-06-29 | Operational |
AprizeSat-3 | 2009-07-29 | Operational |
AprizeSat-4 | 2009-07-29 | Operational |
AprizeSat-5 | 2011-08-17 | Operational |
AprizeSat-6 | 2011-08-17 | Operational |
AprizeSat-7 | 2013-11-21 | Operational |
AprizeSat-8 | 2013-11-21 | Operational |
AprizeSat 9 | 2014-06-19 | Operational |
AprizeSat 10 | 2014-06-19 | Operational |
References
- ↑ "AprizeSat". Encyclopedia Astronautica.
- ↑ "AprizeSat-3 and -4". European Space Agency.
External links
- SpaceQuest Microsatellite Bus at SpaceQuest.com
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