Satellite SwissCube of Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Name of Satellite, Alternate Names SwissCube
Country of Operator/Owner Switzerland
Operator/Owner Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Users Civil
Purpose Technology Development
Class of Orbit LEO
Type of Orbit Sun-Synchronous
Longitude of GEO (degrees) 0
Perigee (km) 710
Apogee (km) 720
Eccentricity 0.000705716302046577
Inclination (degrees) 98.3
Period (minutes) 99.1
Launch Mass (kg.) 1
Dry Mass (kg.)
Power (watts)
Date of Launch 23-09-2009
Expected Lifetime .25-1 yr.
Contractor Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Country of Contractor Switzerland
Launch Site Sriharikota Launch Station
Launch Vehicle PSLV
COSPAR Number 2009-051B
NORAD Number 35932
Comments Overall SwissCube project development is primarily to educate students in space technologies and space system engineering. Official mission completed; satellite turned over to amateur community.

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