STRaND-1
University of Surrey
STRaND-1 is a 3U CubeSat developed by the University of Surrey’s Surrey Space Centre and SSTL, notable as the world’s first satellite to fly a smartphone (a Google Nexus One) as an experimental payload computer alongside its primary flight avionics.
Technical specifications
- Mass
- 4.3 kg
- Form factor
- 3U CubeSat
- Orbit
- Sun-synchronous, ~770 x 787 km, 98.6 deg inclination, 18:05 LTAN
- Launch date
- 2013-02-25
- Launch vehicle
- PSLV-C20
- Payload
- Google Nexus One smartphone as experimental payload computer, pulsed plasma thruster, radiation-tolerant flight computer
About
STRaND-1 is a 3U CubeSat developed by the University of Surrey’s Surrey Space Centre and SSTL, notable as the world’s first satellite to fly a smartphone (a Google Nexus One) as an experimental payload computer alongside its primary flight avionics.
Documentation
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