UWE-3
University of Wuerzburg
UWE-3 is a 1U CubeSat from the University of Wuerzburg demonstrating a modular, fault-tolerant satellite bus and a real-time miniature attitude determination and control system using magnetorquers and a reaction wheel, becoming one of the longest-operating picosatellites of its class.
Technical specifications
- Mass
- approx. 1 kg
- Form factor
- 1U CubeSat, 10 x 10 x 10 cm
- Orbit
- Sun-synchronous LEO, ~592 x 693 km, 97.76 deg inclination
- Launch date
- 2013-11-21
- Launch vehicle
- Dnepr
- Payload
- Real-time attitude determination and control system (magnetorquers, reaction wheel, sensors)
About
UWE-3 is a 1U CubeSat from the University of Wuerzburg demonstrating a modular, fault-tolerant satellite bus and a real-time miniature attitude determination and control system using magnetorquers and a reaction wheel, becoming one of the longest-operating picosatellites of its class.
Documentation
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