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AAUSAT 5 [AAU]
The main purpose for the AAUSAT (Aalborg University Satellite) project is for the involved students to achieve a great deal of knowledge about designing and constructing Space worthy technology.
AAUSAT 3 was built completly inhouse in the university using no Cubsat-kit. It tested an AIS-receiver in orbit.
AAUSAT 4 tested a student built AIS (Automated Identification System) receiver. AAUSAT 4 is one of the educational CubeSats chosen for Phase 1 and 2 of ESA's Fly Your Satellite! initiative.
AAUSAT 5 has a primary mission to receive AIS beacons from ships with a new design based on AAUSAT 3. Additionally a educational payload for high school outreach was designed first half 2014 by engineering students. The AIS-receiver payload is based on SDR principles. It was deployed from the ISS on on 5 October 2015 and is expected to remain in orbit for approx 6 months.
| Nation: | Denmark |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology, traffic monitoring |
| Operator: | Aalborg University Cubesat |
| Contractors: | Aalborg University Cubesat |
| Equipment: | AIS-receiver |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (1U) |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 1 kg |
| Orbit: | 770 km × 786 km, 98.63 (#3); 442 km × 686 km, 98.2 (#4); 394 km × 409 km, 51.64 (#5) |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAUSAT 3 | 2013-009B | 25.02.2013 | Sr FLP | PSLV-CA | with SARAL, Sapphire, NEOSSAT, UniBRITE, TUGsat 1 (BRITE-Austria), STRaND 1 | |
| AAUSAT 4 | 2016-025DS | 25.04.2016 | Ko ELS | Soyuz-ST-A Fregat-M | with Sentinel 1B, MICROSCOPE, e-st@r 2, OUFTI 1 | |
| AAUSAT 5 | 1998-067GZ | 19.08.2015 | Ta YLP-2 | H-2B-304 | with HTV 5, CALET, Flock-2b 1, ..., 14, SERPENS, S-CUBE, GOMX 3 |
Launch Sites:
- Ko = Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG), Kourou, French Guiana, France
- Sr = Satish Dhawan Space Center (Sriharikota Space Center), Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Ta = Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Japan
