TabletSat-Aurora

TableSat-Aurora
Mission type	Technology demonstration ; Earth observation
Operator	Sputnix
COSPAR ID	2014-033H
SATCAT no.	40017
Website	At sputnix.ru (Russian)
Mission duration	Elapsed: 9 years, 11 months, 4 days
Spacecraft properties
Launch mass	26.2 kg (58 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	19 June 2014, 19:11 UTC
Rocket	Dnepr
Launch site	Dombarovsky
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Eccentricity	0
Perigee altitude	620 km (390 mi)
Apogee altitude	620 km (390 mi)
Inclination	97.9°

TabletSat-Aurora is a Russian micro- satellite launched in 2014. The satellite is built in shape of hexagonal prism, with 6 foldable solar panels. ^[1] It is claimed to be the first privately developed satellite in the Russian Federation.

Launch [ edit ]

TabletSat-Aurora was launched from Dombarovsky site 13, Russia, on 19 June 2014 by a Dnepr rocket. ^[2] Two-way communication with Earth was successfully established soon after launch. ^[3]

Mission [ edit ]

It intended to verify technologies for the future satellite constellation Earth observation technologies ^[1] Main payload is the panchromatic photo camera capable of 15m resolution at nadir. ^[4]

References [ edit ]

^ ^a ^b "TabletSat-Aurora" . spaceflight101.com . Retrieved March 18, 2023 .
^ "First Russian Private Earth Remote Sensing Satellite" . GIM International . Retrieved March 18, 2023 .
^ "Russian private satellite transmitted the first signal to Earth (translated from Russian)" . June 19, 2014 . Retrieved March 18, 2023 .
^ Krebs, Gunter D. "TabletSat-Aurora" . Gunter's Space Page . Retrieved March 18, 2023 .

External links [ edit ]

Gunters space page on TabletSat-Aurora

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[sf101-1] "TabletSat-Aurora" . spaceflight101.com . Retrieved March 18, 2023 .

[2] "First Russian Private Earth Remote Sensing Satellite" . GIM International . Retrieved March 18, 2023 .

[3] "Russian private satellite transmitted the first signal to Earth (translated from Russian)" . June 19, 2014 . Retrieved March 18, 2023 .

[4] Krebs, Gunter D. "TabletSat-Aurora" . Gunter's Space Page . Retrieved March 18, 2023 .

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February	Progress M-22M ABS-2 , Athena-Fidus Turksat 4A USA-248 GPM Core , Ginrei , KSAT-2 , INVADER , OPUSAT , STARS-II , TeikyoSat-3 , ITF-1
March	Ekspress AT1 , Ekspress AT2 Astra 5B , Amazonas 4A Kosmos 2494 Soyuz TMA-12M Shijian XI-06
April	USA-249 / DMSP-5D3 F19 Sentinel-1A IRNSS-1B Progress M-23M Ofek-10 USA-250 EgyptSat 2 SpaceX CRS-3 ( KickSat ) Luch 5V , KazSat-3
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June	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
July	OCO-2 Gonets-M × 3 Meteor-M No.2 O3b × 4 CRS Orb-2 ( Flock-1b × 28, TechEdSat-4 ) Orbcomm-OG2 × 6 Foton-M No.4 Progress M-24M USA-253 / GSSAP 1 , USA-254 / GSSAP 2 , USA-255 / ANGELS Georges Lemaitre ATV
August	USA-256 AsiaSat 8 Yaogan 20 A, B, C WorldView-3 Gaofen 2 , Heweliusz Galileo FOC-1 , Galileo FOC-2
September	Chuangxin 1-04 , Lingqiao AsiaSat 6 Yaogan 21 , Tiantuo 2 MEASAT 3b , Optus 10 USA-257 SpaceX CRS-4 Soyuz TMA-14M Olimp-K Shijian XI-07
October	Himawari 8 IRNSS-1C ARSAT-1 , Intelsat 30 Yaogan 22 Ekspress AM6 Chang'e 5-T1 , 4M Shijian 11-08 Cygnus CRS Orb-3 † ( Arkyd-3 † , Flock-1d × 26† ) Progress M-25M USA-258 / GPS IIF 8 Meridian 7
November	Sasuke , Hodoyoshi 1 , Kinshachi 1 , Tsukushi , TSUBAME Yaogan 23 Yaogan 24 Kuaizhou 2 Soyuz TMA-15M Kosmos 2501
December	Hayabusa2 , PROCYON , Shinen 2 , DESPATCH Orion EFT-1 DirecTV-14 , GSAT-16 CBERS-4 Yaogan 25 A, B, C USA-259 Yamal-401 O3b × 4 (FM9 to FM12) Kondor-E No.2 IPM Kosmos 2502 Resurs-P No.2 Yaogan 26 Astra 2G Fengyun 2-08
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