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American micro-satellite platform for low Earth orbit communications satellites
AprizeSat
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Manufacturer
| SpaceQuest, Ltd.
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Country of origin
| United States
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Operator
| SpaceQuest, LatinSat,
exactEarth
, SpaceQuest
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Applications
| Identification and tracking for ships, containers and vehicles
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Bus
| Aprize
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Launch mass
| 13 kg (29 lb)
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Dimensions
| 250 mm × 250 mm × 250 mm (9.8 in × 9.8 in × 9.8 in)
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Volume
| 0.015 m
3
(0.53 cu ft)
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Power
| 7.7
W
minimum
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Equipment
| Omnidirectional UHF radio
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Regime
| Low Earth orbit
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Design life
| 10 years
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Status
| Operational
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Built
| 12
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Launched
| 12
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Maiden launch
| 20 December 2002
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Last launch
| 19 June 2014
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AprizeSat
is an American micro-
satellite
platform for
low Earth orbit
communications satellites. It is marketed as a low-cost solution, with a claimed cost of
US$1.2 million
per satellite for a 24-to-48-satellite constellation.
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As of 2014
[update]
, twelve spacecraft based on the Aprize bus have been launched.
[2]
Launch history
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edit
]
Satellite name
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Launch date
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Status
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LatinSat 1
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2002-12-20
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Operational
[
citation needed
]
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LatinSat 2
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2002-12-20
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Operational
[
citation needed
]
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LatinSat C (AprizeSat 1)
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2004-06-29
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Operational
[
citation needed
]
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LatinSat D (AprizeSat 2)
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2004-06-29
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Operational
[
citation needed
]
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AprizeSat-3
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2009-07-29
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Operational
[
citation needed
]
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AprizeSat-4
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2009-07-29
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Operational
[
citation needed
]
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AprizeSat-5
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2011-08-17
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Operational
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AprizeSat-6
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2011-08-17
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Operational
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AprizeSat-7
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2013-11-21
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Operational
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AprizeSat-8
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2013-11-21
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Operational
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AprizeSat 9
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2014-06-19
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Operational
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AprizeSat 10
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2014-06-19
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Operational
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References
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External links
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January
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February
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March
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April
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May
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June
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- Kosmos 2500
/
GLONASS-M
755
- AprizeSat
9,
AprizeSat
10,
BRITE-Montreal
,
BRITE-Toronto
,
BugSat 1
,
Deimos-2
,
Hodoyoshi 3
,
Hodoyoshi 4
,
KazEOSat 2
,
Perseus-M1
,
Perseus-M2
,
SaudiSat-4
,
TabletSat-Aurora
,
UniSat-6
(
Lemur-1
,
Tigrisat
),
Flock-1c
× 11
- SPOT 7
,
CanX-4
,
CanX-5
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July
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August
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September
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October
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November
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December
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Launches are separated by dots ( ? ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ).
Crewed flights
are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).
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