M6P

Launch data: Designation  44109 / 19018AF 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

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• M6P is a 6U-CubeSat project being developed by the Lithuanian NanoAvionics as a pathfinder mission for their M6P cubesat platform. It is a ride-share mission for two customers.
• NanoAvionics′ 6U satellite bus is based on a modular and highly integral design. It delivers extends payload volume and saves development costs for customers.
• M6P satellite bus enables customers to concentrate on the most important mission goals and deal with high-level mission implementation tasks only, such as payload development, integration, and support during the mission in orbit.
• The standard configuration of the nanosatellite bus is optimized for IoT, M2M, ADS-B, AIS, other commercial and emergency communication applications, and scientific missions.
• M6P bus includes propulsion system capable to perform high-impulse maneuvers such as: orbital deployment, orbit maintenance, atmospheric drag compensation, precision flight in formations, orbit synchronization and atmospheric drag compensation. It results in extended satellite orbital lifetime uncovered new opportunities for the unique customer missions and significant savings on constellation maintenance costs.

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:

• Nano Avionics: Satellite Information
• Satellite tracking (n2ya.com): Real time satellite tracking