QB50P2 (EO 80, OSCAR 80)

Spacecraft nº:

Belgium spacecraft nº: 5

Launch data: Designation  40032 / 14033Y Launch date  19 June 2014 - 19:11 UT Launch site  Dombarovsky, LC-370/13 Launch vehicle  Dnepr Mission  Technology, thermospheric research Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  609 x 628 km Eccentricity   Inclination   98.0° Period  96.9 min

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• QB50P2 is one of two precursor satellites for the QB50 project, which demonstrates the possibility of launching a network of 50 CubeSats built by Universities Teams all over the world as a primary payload on a low-cost launch vehicle to perform first-class science in the largely unexplored lower thermosphere.
• QB50P2 is a 2U-CubeSat built on a structure delivered by ISIS to test the Set 2 (FIPEX) payload.
• The following payloads were integrated into the ISIS satellite platforms:
  • FIPEX (Flux-(Phi)-Probe-Experiment) Payload, University of Dresden, Germany
  • QB50 ADCS system from SSC, UK
  • Thermocouple experiment from VKI, Belgium
  • AMSAT-Fr 435/145 MHz FM voice transponder from AMSAT Francophone, France
• After reaching orbit, the satellite received the additional radio amateur name EO 80 (European OSCAR 80).

Mission details:

• On Jun 19, 2014 launch of a Dnepr rocket from the Yasniy missile base put a record 38 payloads in sun-synchronous orbits ranging from 550 to 610 km at perigee and 620 to 715 km at apogee.
• QB50P1 and QB50P2 are 2U scientific satellites forming part of the European QB50 consortium project coordinated by the Von Karman Institute near Brussels and built by ISIS BV in Delft.

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