Spacetrack Directory Name | BEESAT 4 |
Orbit launches | 2016-06-22 g.02:00 |
Country/organisation of origin | Niemcy (GER) |
Starting point | SRILR (Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India) |
WWW | Here |
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Perigee | 485 km |
Apogee | 498 km |
Technology demonstration and education/ training in the field of satellite technology. A GPS receiver will get GPS signals to determine the satellite?s position accurately. Therefore 3-axes stabilization will be realized with reaction wheels and magnetorquers. A camera will take pictures of the Earth to verify the attitude of the satellite. Target for BIROS microsatellite making use of only optical or vision-based navigation which approached to 50 meters.
satellite BEESAT 4 Date of exalting 22.06.2016y.