SUCHAI-1
Universidad de Chile – SPEL (Space and Planetary Exploration Laboratory)
SUCHAI-1 (Satellite of the University of Chile for Aerospace Investigation) is Chile’s first CubeSat, developed by SPEL at the Universidad de Chile. Launched in June 2017 aboard ISRO’s PSLV-C38, SUCHAI-1 is a 1U CubeSat that carried experiments to study ionospheric plasma and test software-defined radio. It demonstrated Chile’s capacity to independently design and build a […]
Technical specifications
- Form factor
- 1U CubeSat
- Launch date
- June 23, 2017
- Launch vehicle
- ISRO PSLV-C38
- Significance
- Chile's first CubeSat
- Payload
- Langmuir probe (ionospheric plasma), software-defined radio
- Developer
- SPEL, Universidad de Chile
About
SUCHAI-1 (Satellite of the University of Chile for Aerospace Investigation) is Chile’s first CubeSat, developed by SPEL at the Universidad de Chile. Launched in June 2017 aboard ISRO’s PSLV-C38, SUCHAI-1 is a 1U CubeSat that carried experiments to study ionospheric plasma and test software-defined radio. It demonstrated Chile’s capacity to independently design and build a functional nanosatellite.
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