ESTCube-1
University of Tartu
1U CubeSat and Estonia’s first satellite, developed by the Estonian Student Satellite Foundation at the University of Tartu. Launched on 7 May 2013 aboard a Vega rocket. ESTCube-1 demonstrated electric solar wind sail technology by deploying a thin conducting tether to test electric sail propulsion in low Earth orbit.
Technical specifications
- Form Factor
- 1U CubeSat
- Launch Date
- May 7, 2013
- Launch Vehicle
- Vega VV02
- Orbit
- Sun-synchronous orbit, ~670 km
- Payload
- Electric solar wind sail (E-sail) tether deployment mechanism
- Distinction
- Estonia's first satellite
About
1U CubeSat and Estonia’s first satellite, developed by the Estonian Student Satellite Foundation at the University of Tartu. Launched on 7 May 2013 aboard a Vega rocket. ESTCube-1 demonstrated electric solar wind sail technology by deploying a thin conducting tether to test electric sail propulsion in low Earth orbit.
Documentation
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