BlueWalker 1 (BW1)

USA

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Launch data:

Designation	44105 / 19018AD
Launch date	01 Apr 2019 - 03:57 UT
Launch site	Satish Dhawan, SLP
Launch vehicle	PSLV-QL
Mission	IoT Communication, Technology
Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee	434 x 515 km
Eccentricity
Inclination	97.5°
Period	min

Launched together with: Emisat - Flock-4a 1/20 Lemur-2 96/99 - Astrocast-0.2 - Danu Pathfinder 1 - M6P - AISAT-1

Spacecraft data:

Prime manufacturer	NanoAvionics of Vilnius
Platform	6U CubeSat
Operator	Avellan Space Technology and Science of Midland, Texas
Mass at launch	kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Equipment
Solar array	Solar cells
Stabilization
Propulsion
DC power
Design lifetime

Description:

BlueWalker 1, a test IoT data relay satellite for Avellan Space Technology and Science of Midland, Texas built by NanoAvionics of Vilnius, whose own test satellite, M6P, is also aboard

Mission details:

The two NanoAvionics cubesats M6P and BlueWalker-1 were ejected into the wrong orbit (435 x 514 km instead of 493 x 510 km), probably due to a deployment hang-up delaying the ejection until after the final PSLV-PS4 burn.

External links:

Satellite tracking (n2ya.com): Real time satellite tracking

Ref.: #7(JR763-764), #14 - update: 05.05.19