Past Launches - CubeSat

Delta II ICESat-2 / ELaNa 18 Launch 2018

Cal Poly CubeSat — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:24:59 +0000

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

Delta II

LAUNCH SITE:

Vandenberg AFB, CA

LAUNCH TIME:

September 15, 2018

13:02 UTC (6:02am Local)

PRIMARY PAYLOAD:

NASA ICESat-2

NUMBER OF CUBESATS:

P-POD	Satellite Name	Organization	Size	Beacon Details
1	ELFIN-A	UCLA	3U	437.45MHz, beacon information https://elfin.igpp.ucla.edu/listen-to-elfin/. POC Acq. Reporting: Ryan Caron (rpcaron@igpp.ucla.edu)
2	ELFIN-B	UCLA	3U	437.475MHz, beacon information https://elfin.igpp.ucla.edu/listen-to-elfin/. POC Acq. Reporting: Ryan Caron (rpcaron@igpp.ucla.edu)
3	DAVE	Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo	1U	437.15MHz, 9600 baud AX.25 FSK, NRZI+SCRAMBLED, Morse Code spells out "DAVE" every 45 seconds. POC Acq. Reporting: Facebook, @polysat; John Bellardo, bellardo@calpoly.edu
3	SurfSat	University of Central Florida	2U	437.275MHz

The latest TLEs are currently available here.

Delta II JPSS-1 / ELaNa 14 Launch 2017

Cal Poly CubeSat — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 17:46:54 +0000

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

Delta II

LAUNCH SITE:

Vandenberg AFB, CA

LAUNCH TIME:

November 18, 2017

09:47 UTC (1:47am Local)

PRIMARY PAYLOAD:

NOAA / NASA JPSS-1

NUMBER OF CUBESATS:

P-POD	Satellite Name	Organization	Size	Beacon Details	More Info
1	EagleSat-1	Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott AZ	1U	437.645MHz, beacon timing is 1 minute, downlinks on command. POC Acq. Reporting: Deborah Jackson (jacksd40@my.erau.edu) and Steven Buck (bucks2@my.erau.edu)
1	RadFXSat (Fox-1B)	Vanderbilt University, ISDE; Radio Amateur Satellite Corp. (AMSAT)	1U	145.96MHz FM voice with slow speed data under voice (DUV). Voice ID beacon is sent every 120 sec with two frames of DUV satellite telemetry commencing 60 minutes after being deployed, and when not sending voice or high speed data. Visit website for free telemetry decoding software (www.amsat.org/foxtelem-software-for-windows-mac-linux). POC Acq. Reporting: foxtelem@amsat.us.	AMSAT
1	MakerSat-0	Northwest Nazarine University, Nampa ID; Caldwell ID High School	1U	GlobalSatr 1.6GHz, every 90 minutes, 3 packets of health data, 2 packets of radiation data, and 49 packets of polymer science data
2	Buccaneer	DST Group, Australian Department of Defense; University of New South Wales Canberra	3U+		MoreInfo1 MoreInfo2
3	MiRaTA	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Lincoln Laboratory; Aerospace Corp; Utah State Space Dynamics Laboratory; UMass Amherst	3U	No beacons. Two radio downlinks: 401.3 MHz, 468.0 MHz. POC Acq. Reporting: kcahoy@mit.edu, cousins@ll.mit.edu, gregallan@mit.edu

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ELaNA-7 Super Strypi Launch 2015

Cal Poly CubeSat — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 11:45:00 +0000

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

Super Strypi

LAUNCH SITE:

US Navy Pacific Missile Range, Barking Sands, HI

LAUNCH TIME:

November 5th, 2015 - 03:45 UTC

PRIMARY PAYLOAD:

HiakaSat

NUMBER OF CUBESATS:

Slot	Satellite Name	Organization	Size	Beacon Details	More Info
1a	EDSN 1	NASA Ames	1.5U x 8	EDSN (Edison Demonstration for SmallSat Networks 437.05 - 437.15 MHz, 1200 bps AFSK AX.25, 1W, Call sign KE6QLL, all spacecraft have identical radios 60 seconds/8 spacecraft= 7.5 second spacing between spacecraft Each spacecraft will have a custom offset so that all 8 spacecraft transmissions are evenly spaced 60 seconds between packets during all activities after first science measurement, 120 seconds between packets during detumble / first magnetic alignment (first 31 hours of mission) All spacecraft will have a common period between beacon packet transmissions Crosslinks activities last up to 45 minute, four times a day, beaconing restarts after crosslink is complete, beacons turn off during crosslinks Each of the eight EDSN spacecraft will transmit beacon packets during all phases of the mission	More Info
1B	EDSN 2				More Info
2A	EDSN 5				More Info
2B	EDSN 6				More Info
3A	EDSN 7				More Info
3B	EDSN 8				More Info
4A	EDSN 3				More Info
4B	EDSN 4				More Info
5A	SLU-02 Argus	Saint Louis University and Vanderbilt University	2U	437.290 MHz, AX.25 UNPROTO packets, Callsign ARGUS1. Beacon will go every 10 seconds, nominally.	More Info
5B	PrintSat	Colorado Satellite Services, LLC, Montana State University	1U	437.325 9600bps GMSK Beacon rate initially: 1 minute Reception reports are appreciated. Email them to jim@coloradosatellite.com	More Info
6	STACEM		3U
7	SUPERNOVA		6U

Atlas V GRACE Launch 2015

Cal Poly CubeSat — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 07:49:00 +0000

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

Atlas V

LAUNCH SITE:

Vandenberg AFB, CA

LAUNCH TIME:

October 8, 2015 - 12:49 UTC

PRIMARY PAYLOAD:

NROL-55

NUMBER OF CUBESATS:

P-POD	Satellite Name	Organization	Size	Beacon Details	More Info
1	AeroCube-5c	The Aerospace Corporation	1.5U	None	More Info
1	Aerocube-7	The Aerospace Corporation	1.5U	None
2	Fox-1A	AMSAT	1U	145.980 MHz FM voice with slow speed data under voice (DUV), 9600 bps high speed data. When not sending voice or high speed data a voice ID beacon is sent every 120 seconds with two frames of DUV satellite telemetry. Visit site for free software to decode the telemetry. Email contact foxtelem@amsat.us.	More Info
2	BisonSat	Salish Kootenai College	1U	437.375 MHz, GMSK AX.25, 9600 bps, 60 sec period, contains telemetry	More Info
2	ARC1	University of Alaska Fairbanks	1U	437.565 MHz, 9600 bps FSK, AX.25, 10 sec period. Initial message in ascii. After about a week switches to satellite health telemetry.	More Info
3	SNaP-3 ALICE	U.S. Army Space and Missile Demand Control	3U	None	More Info
4A	EDSN 3				More Info
4	LMRST-Sat	Jet Propulsion Laboratory	3U	None	More Info
5	SNaP-3 EDDIE	U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command	3U	None	More Info
6	PropCube Merryweather	Contracting office: NRO Spacecraft Operator: NPS Spacecraft provider: Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems Inc.	1U	None	More Info
6	SINOD-D 1	SRI International and Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems Inc.	2U	None
7	SnaP-3 JIMI	U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command	3U	None
8	PropCube Flora	Contracting office: NRO Spacecraft Operator: NPS Spacecraft provider: Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems Inc.	1U
8	SINOD-D 3	SRI International and Tyvak Nano-satellite Systems Inc.	1U

For those of you supporting us on launch day, don't forget to join the IRC channel. Information about the channel can be found athttp://www.cubesat.org/index.php/collaborate/ground-operators.

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Atlas V ULTRASat Launch 2015

Cal Poly CubeSat — Wed, 20 May 2015 22:05:00 +0000

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

Atlas V

LAUNCH SITE:

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

LAUNCH TIME:

May 20th, 2015 - 15:05 UTC

PRIMARY PAYLOAD:

AFSPC-5

NUMBER OF CUBESATS:

P-Pod	Satellite Name	Organization	Size	Beacon Details	More Info
1	USS Langley	U.S. Naval Academy	3U	437.475 MHz 9600 baud AX.25 packet telemetry, variable beacon interval
2	O/C-1	Cal Poly, SLO	3U
3	BricSat	U.S. Naval Academy	1.5U	437.975 MHz 9600 baud AX.25 packet telemetry, variable beacon interval
4	PSAT	U.S. Naval Academy	1.5U	145.825 MHz 1200 baud AX.25 APRS	More Info
5	O/C-2	Cal Poly, SLO	3U
6	GEARRS-2	Near Space Launch Inc.	3U	Globalstar Network L-Band 1625MHz	More Info
7	O/C-3	Cal Poly, SLO	3U
8	AC8	Aerospace Corp.	1.5U x 2
9	LightSail-A	The Planetary Society	3U		More Info

Delta II SMAP Launch 2015

Cal Poly CubeSat — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 00:22:00 +0000

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

Delta II

LAUNCH SITE:

Vandenberg AFB, CA

LAUNCH TIME:

January 31st, 2015, 14:22 UTC

PRIMARY PAYLOAD:

NASA SMAP

NUMBER OF CUBESATS:

P-Pod	Satellite Name	Organization	Size	Beacon Details	More Info
1	FIREBIRD-2	Montana State University, University of New Hampshire, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Aerospace Corp.	1.5U x2	Flight Unit 3: 437.405 MHzFlight Unit 4: 437.230 MHz19.2k baud GMSK AX.25 packet at 60 second period. Each beacon is two separate packets about 1 second apart.	More Info
2	GRIFEX	University of Michigan / NASA JPL	3U	437.485 MHz, <1W GMSK, AX.25 9600 baud, 10 sec period	More Info
3	ExoCube	Cal Poly, SLO - PolySat	3U	437.270MHz, 9600 baud AX.25 FSK, NRZI+SCRAMBLED, Morse Code spells out "X03" every 45 seconds	More Info

Dnepr UniSat-6 Launch 2014

Cal Poly CubeSat — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 02:11:00 +0000

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

Dnepr

LAUNCH SITE:

Yasny Launch Base, Russia

LAUNCH TIME:

June 19th, 2014 - 19:11 UTC

PRIMARY PAYLOAD:

UniSat-6

NUMBER OF CUBESATS:

P-Pod	Satellite Name	Organization	Size	Beacon Details	More Info
N/A	UniSat-6	GAUSS	N/A	Beacon 1: 437.425 MHz, GFSK, 9600 Baud AX.25, 30 second periodBeacon 2: 437.425 MHz, GFSK, 9600 Baud AX.25, 10 second period	More Info
1	ANTELSAT	Antel, UdelaR	2U	Beacon 1: 437.280 MHz, CW / Morse Code, 60 second periodBeacon 2: 437.575 MHz, AFSK/FSK, 1200 Baud AX.25	More Info
1	AeroCube-6	Aerospace Corporation	1U		More Info
2	LEMUR-1	Nanosatisfi	3U		More Info
Special thanks to R4UAB for compiling this information about the additional payloads of this launch! His site here.
	AprizeSat-9
	AprizeSat-10
	BRITE-CA 1
	BRITE-CA 2
	BugSat-1			Beacon: 437.445 MHz, 9600 GMSK AX.25
	Deimos-2
	DTUSat-2			Uplink: 1268.900 MHzDownlink: 2401.835 MHz9600 CPFSK 1200, 19200, 38400 MSK
	Duchifat-1			Downlink: 145.980 MHz 1200 BPSK, CW
	Flock-1C			Downlink: 2.4 GHz 115 kbps
	Hodoyoshi-3
	Hodoyoshi-4
	KazEOSat-2
	NanosatC-Br1			Downlink: 435.xxx MHzUplink: 145.865 MHz1200 FM, 9600 BPSK
	PACE			Downlink: 437.485 MHz 1200 AFSK
	Perseus-M1
	Perseus-M2
	PolyITAN			Downlink: 437.675 MHz 1200 AFSK, CW
	POPSAT-HIP 1			Downlink: 437.405 MHz 1200, 9600 CCSDS
	QB50P1			Uplink: 435.035 - 435.065 MHzDownlink: 145.935 - 145.965 MHzBeacon: 145.815 MHz1200 BPSK, CW
	QB50P2			Downlink: 145.880 MHz, 145.840 MHzBeacon: 145.880 MHz1200 BPSK, CW
	SaudiSat-4			Ka-band transponder
	SkySat-3
	TabletSat-Aurora			Downlink: 437.050 MHz, 435.550 MHz, 436.100 MHz 4800 GMSK
	Tigrisat	School of Aerospace Engineering of Rome "La Sapienza"	3U	Beacon: 435 MHz, 9600 FSK AX.25, 10 second period, "HNATIG"Downlink: 2450 MHz - switched on through ground command

Falcon 9 CRS-3 Launch 2014

Cal Poly CubeSat — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 02:25:00 +0000

PRIMARY PAYLOAD:

ELaNa-5

NUMBER OF CUBESATS:

LAUNCH SITE:

Kennedy Space Center, Florida

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

Falcon 9

LAUNCH TIME:

April 18, 2015 - 19:25:21 UTC

P-Pod	Satellite Name	Organization	Size	Beacon Details	More Info
1	SporeSat	NASA Ames Research Center, Santa Clara University, Purdue University, and University of Texas	3U	437.1 MHz, AX.25, every 5 seconds. Amateur radio operators are encouraged to submit received beacon packets through the mission website to receive a web-based QSL card.	More Info
3A	TSAT	Taylor University	2U	TBA
3B	PhoneSat-v2.5	NASA Ames Research Center	1U	437.425 MHz, AFSK, 30 second period whilst operational, 150 second beacon in charging mode	More Info
4	ALL-STAR/THEIA	Colorado Space Grant Consortium at the University of Colorado at Boulder	3U	2.4017 GHz S-Band Antenna, BPSK, every 15 seconds	More Info
6	Kick Sat	Cornell University	3U	Beacon: 437.505 MHz, 1200 Baud, AFSK, AD.25 PacketsChipSats: 437.240 MHz, Custom Protocol	More Info

For those of you supporting us on launch day, don't forget to join the IRC channel. Information about the channel can be found at http://www.cubesat.org/index.php/collaborate/ground-operators. TLE's have been posted on Space-Track.Org and are objects 39681 - 39685.

Atlas V GEMSat Launch 2013

Cal Poly CubeSat — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 15:14:00 +0000

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

Atlas V

LAUNCH SITE:

Vandenberg Air Force Base

LAUNCH TIME:

December 6, 2013 - 07:14:30 UTC

NUMBER OF CUBESATS:

PRIMARY PAYLOAD:

NROL-39

P-Pod	Satellite Name	Organization	Size	Beacon Details	More Info
1	FIREBIRD	Montana State University, University of New Hampshire, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Aerospace Corp.	1.5U (x2)	Flight Unit 1: 437.405 MHzFlight Unit 2: 437.230 MHzGMSK AX.25 9600bps, 1W, 60 sec period	More Info
2	AeroCube5	Aerospace Corp.	1.5U (x2)
3	ALICE	Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT)	3U	460 MHz, GFSK, 12.5% duty cycle (5 seconds of 3 bursts per second then 40 seconds of RX)Beacon is based on when ALICE is 2 minutes away from AOS contact with our ground station. This information is uploaded from ephemeris data from our ground station. Will beacon until comms are established.	More Info
4	SNaP	U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command	3U
5	MCubed-2	Michigan eXploration Laboratory	1U	437.485 MHz, 9600 baud, 10 sec period	More Info
5	CUNYSAT-1	Medgar Evers College, The City University of New York	1U	437.505 MHz, 9600 bps GMSK, CW	More Info
5	IPEX	Cal Poly, SLO - PolySat	1U	437.270MHz: Morse Code of "IPEX" every 45s at 15wpm, 9600 baud AX.25 FSK Beacon every 127s and 20s.	More Info
6	SMDC-ONE (David)	U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command	3U		More Info
7	TacSat-6	U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command	3U
8	SMDC-ONE (Charlie)	U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command	3U		More Info

The CubeSats are integrated into 8 P-POD deployers which are contained in the NPSCuL built by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). The NPSCuL together with the 8 P-PODs and 12 CubeSats is referred to as the Government Experimental Multi-Satellite (GEMSat), and is attached to the Centaur upper stage's Aft Bulkhead Carrier (ABC). The assembled GEMSat is shown in the photo below ready for mate to the launch vehicle along with members of the GEMSat team consisting of NPS, Office of Space Launch (OSL), United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Cal Poly, SLO.

For those of you supporting us on launch day, don't forget to join the IRC channel. Information about the channel can be found at http://www.cubesat.org/index.php/collaborate/ground-operators.

Minotaur I ORS-3 Launch 2013

Cal Poly CubeSat — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 09:15:00 +0000

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

Minotaur I

LAUNCH SITE:

Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia

LAUNCH TIME:

November 20, 2013 - 01:15 UTC

PRIMARY PAYLOAD:

ELaNa-4

NUMBER OF CUBESATS:

P-Pod	Satellite Name	Organization	Size	Beacon Details	More Info
2	Ho`oponopono-2	University of Hawaii Small-Satellite Laboratory	3U	437.220 MHz, 9600 baud, every 15 seconds
3A	Vermont Lunar CubeSat	Vermont Technical College	1U	437.305 MHz, FSK, AX.25, short beacon every minute with I.D. and IMU data, flashing LEDs should be visible from the ground with binoculars or telescope	More Info
3B	TJ3Sat	Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology	1U	437.32 MHz, CW beep every 13.5 seconds, CW morse code identifier every 10 minutes	More Info
5A	KySat-2	Kentucky Space LLC	1U	437.405 Mhz, AX.25, 9600 baud, GFSK, every 15 seconds, beaconing 37 minutes after deployment and after the solar cells hit the sun	More Info
5B	NPS-SCAT	Naval Postgraduate School	1U	437.525 MHz, 1W AFSK AX.25 1200 bps, 5 minute period default	More Info
5C	CAPE-2	Cajun Advanced Picosatellite Experiment	1U	VHF Frequency: 145.825, VHF Modulation: FM/CWFM Beacons and CW Beacons will vary in frequency of transmissions from Satellite, and are changeable by ground command, refer to ulcape.org for most updated information.UHF Frequency: 437.325, UHF Modulation: FSKRadio is only in operation by ground command for a period of time determined by CAPE-2 Ground Operations Team and will vary in frequency of transmissions from Satellite, and are changeable by ground command, refer to ulcape.org for most updated information.	More Info
6A	DragonSat-1	U.S. Naval Academy / Drexel University	1U	145.870 MHz, AX.25 9600 baud, every 30 seconds	More Info
6B	PhoneSat-v2.4	NASA Ames Research Center	1U	437.425 MHz, AFSK, 30 second period whilst operational, 150 second beacon in charging mode	More Info
6C	Trailblazer	COSMIAC at the University of New Mexico	1U	437.425MHz, 1W AFSK, AX.25 9600 baud, 50 second period	More Info
7A	COPPER	Saint Louis University	1U	437.290 MHz, AX.25 9600 baud, Every 10 seconds	More Info
7B	SwampSat	Space Systems Group, University of Florida	1U	437.385 MHz, 1W, AX.25 9600 baud, 60 second interval	More Info
7C	ChargerSat-1	University of Alabama in Huntsville, Space Hardware Club	1U	437.405 Mhz, G3RUH, 9600buad, AX.25 packets, 10 second period	More Info

For those of you supporting us on launch day, don't forget to join the IRC channel. Information about the channel can be found at http://www.cubesat.org/index.php/collaborate/ground-operators.

Atlas V OUTSat Launch 2012

Cal Poly CubeSat — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 04:39:00 +0000

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

Atlas V

LAUNCH SITE:

Vandenberg Air Force Base

LAUNCH TIME:

September 13, 2012 - 21:39 UTC

PRIMARY PAYLOAD:

NROL-36

NUMBER OF CUBESATS:

P-POD	Satellite Name	Organization	Size	Beacon Details	More Info
1	SMDC-ONE 2.2 (Baker)	U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command	3U		More Info
2	AeroCube 4.0 (x3)	Aerospace Corp.	1U (x3)		More Info
3	Aeneas	University of Southern California / Information Sciences Institute Space Engineering Research Center	3U	437.600 MHz, AX.25 1200 baud, 10 sec period, continuous unless TT & C actively connected over Southern California	More Info
4	CSSWE	University of Colorado, Boulder & Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics	3U	437.345 MHz, 0.5W GMSK AX.25 9600 bps, 18 sec period	More Info
5	CP5	California Polytechnic State University, SLO	1U	437.405 MHz, 0.5W AFSK NRZI AX.25 1200 baud, 2 min period	More Info
5	Cosmic X-Ray Background Nanosatellite (CXBN)	Morehead State University and Partners (Kentucky Space, Noqsi Aerospace, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Little H-Bar Ranch	2U	437.525 MHz, CW (Adjustable), baseline 30 sec period, mode is constant when power margin is available, contains telemetry and some science data	More Info
6	CINEMA	University of California, Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory	3U		More Info
7	Re (STARE)	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	3U		More Info
8	SMDC-ONE 2.1 (Able)	U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command	3U		More Info
5B	PrintSat	Colorado Satellite Services, LLC, Montana State University	1U	437.325 9600bps GMSK Beacon rate initially: 1 minute Reception reports are appreciated. Email them to jim@coloradosatellite.com	More Info
6	STACEM		3U
7	SUPERNOVA		6U

The CubeSats are integrated into 8 P-POD deployers which are contained in the NPSCuL built by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). The NPSCuL together with the 8 P-PODs and 11 CubeSats is referred to as the Operationally Unique Technology Satellite (OUTSat), and is attached to the Centaur upper stage's Aft Bulkhead Carrier (ABC). The assembled OUTSat is shown in the photo below ready for mate to the launch vehicle along with members of the OUTSat team consisting of NPS, Office of Space Launch (OSL), United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Cal Poly, SLO.

Vega Maiden Launch 2012

Cal Poly CubeSat — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:00:00 +0000

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

Vega

LAUNCH SITE:

Guiana Space Center, South America

LAUNCH TIME:

February 13, 2012 - 10:00:00 UTC

PRIMARY PAYLOADS:

LARES

NUMBER OF CUBESATS:

Xatcobeo (a collaboration of the University of Vigo and INTA, Spain): a mission to demonstrate software-defined radio and solar panel deployment;
Robusta (University of Montpellier 2, France): a mission to test and evaluate radiation effects (low dose rate) on bipolar transistor electronic components;
e-st@r (Politecnico di Torino, Italy): demonstration of an active 3-axis attitude determination and control system including an inertial measurement unit;
Goliat (University of Bucharest, Romania): imaging of Earth using a digital camera and in-situ measurement of radiation dose and micrometeoroid flux;
PW-Sat (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland): a mission to test a deployable atmospheric drag augmentation device for de-orbiting CubeSats;
MaSat-1 (Budapest University of Technology and Economics): a mission to demonstrate various spacecraft avionics, including a power conditioning system, transceiver and onboard data handling;
UniCubeSat GG (University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy):a mission to study the gravity gradient.

Links to all of the individual CubeSat home pages can be found at http://www.uk.amsat.org/4180

We would also like to congratulate those behind the first satellites ever for Romania, Hungary, and Poland! http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMWHLWX7YG_index_0.html

Delta II NPP Launch 2011

Cal Poly CubeSat — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:48:00 +0000

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

Delta II

LAUNCH SITE:

Vandenberg Air Force Base

LAUNCH DATE:

October 28, 2011 09:48:02 UTC

PRIMARY PAYLOAD:

3 P-PODs and 6 CubeSats

University of Colorado at Boulder:
Satellite name: Hermes
Downlink Freq: 437.425 MHz
Modulation Scheme: AFSK/FM
Baud Rate: 1200
Beacon type and period: AX.25 packet every 5 seconds

University of Kentucky:
Satellite name: KySat-1
Downlink Freq: 436.790 MHz
Modulation Scheme: CW - AFSK/FM
Baud Rate: 32 wpm - 1200
Beacon type and period: Morse code every 5 min - AX.25 packet every 2.5 min

Montana State University:
Satellite name: Explorer-1[PRIME]
Downlink Freq: 437.505 MHz
Modulation Scheme: Non-Coherent FSK/LSB
Baud Rate: 1200
Beacon type and period: AX.25 packet every 15 seconds

Data Forwarding Info:
Colorado - hermescubesat@gmail.com (Subject: "Hermes Pass Data")
Kentucky - ssl@engr.uky.edu (Subject: "KySat Pass Data")
Montana - http://www.ssel.montana.edu/e1p (click on the Data Submission Tab)

University Websites:
Colorado - http://spacegrant.colorado.edu/hermes
Kentucky - http://ssl.engineering.uky.edu/kysat1/
Montana - http://www.ssel.montana.edu/e1p

Taurus XL Glory Launch 2011

Cal Poly CubeSat — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:09:00 +0000

Launch Vehicle:

Taurus XL

Launch Site:

Vandenberg AFB, CA

Launch Time:

March 4, 2011 - 10:09:43 UTC

CubeSat Payloads:

1) University of Colorado Boulder | Hermes

2) University of Kentucky | KySat-1

3) Montana State University | Explorer-1[PRIME]

Falcon 9 Dragon Launch 2010

Cal Poly CubeSat — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:43:00 +0000

Launch Vehicle:

Falcon 9

Launch Site:

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL

Launch Time:

December 8, 2010 - 15:43 UTC

SpaceX made history on December 8, 2010 as the first commercial company to re-enter a spacecraft from orbiting the Earth. It was also a big day for the CubeSat community - the Falcon 9's second stage carried up six P-PODs along with the Dragon spacecraft (three of which can be seen in the images below).

Later view of Dragon separation from second stage

Dragon capsule is now fully separated from the second stage

Dragon capsule moves further away (visible P-PODs are boxed in red)

Minotaur IV STP-S26 Launch 2010

Cal Poly CubeSat — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 09:25:00 +0000

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

Minotaur IV

NUMBER OF CUBESATS:

7 satellites, 16 experiments

PRIMARY PAYLOAD:

STP-S26

LAUNCH SITE:

Kodiak Launch Complex

LAUNCH TIME:

November 20th, 2010 - 01:25 UTC

For more information on the CubeSats on this launch, please visit their missions websites:

RAX - http://rax.engin.umich.edu/
O/OREOS - http://ooreos.engr.scu.edu/dashboard.htm
NanoSail-D - http://nanosaild.engr.scu.edu/dashboard.htm
Fasttrac - http://fastrac.ae.utexas.edu/for_radio_operators/overview.php

For more pictures visit:

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/stps26/101120gallery/

For the latest status updates visit:

http://spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/stps26/status.html

PSLV-C14 Launch

Cal Poly CubeSat — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:21:00 +0000

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

PSLV C14

LAUNCH TIME:

September 23, 2009 - 06:21 UTC

CUBESATS:

UWE-2

BEESAT

ITUpSAT1

SwissCube

Minotaur I TacSat-3 Launch 2009

Cal Poly CubeSat — Wed, 20 May 2009 06:55:00 +0000

LAUNCH provider:

Minotaur I

LAUNCH location:

Wallops Island, VA

LAUNCH TIME:

May 19th, 2009 - 23:55 UTC

Falcon 1 Launch 2008

Cal Poly CubeSat — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:34:00 +0000

The launch failed to reach orbit due to engine complications. More information can be found at Space X's website.

LAUNCH TIME:

August 3, 2008 - 03:34 UTC

ORBIT PARAMETERS:

Inclination: 10 Degrees

Altitude: 650 km Circular

Equatorial Orbit

Origination: Omalek Island, Kwajalein

PSLV-C9 Launch 2008

Cal Poly CubeSat — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:53:00 +0000

LAUNCH TIME:

April 28th, 2008 - 03:53 UTC

LAUNCH VEHICLE:

PSLV-C9

LAUNCH SITE:

Sriharikota, India