SPOOQY-1
Satellite information SPOOQY-1 - 1998-067QH
| Spacetrack Directory Name | SPOOQY-1 |
| Alternative name | 1998-067QH |
| Orbit launches |
1998-11-20 |
| Deorbitation date |
2021-10-16 |
| Days in orbit | 8366 |
| Country/organisation of origin | Singapur (SING) |
| Starting point | TYMSC (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan) |
| WWW | Here |
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| Perigee | 373 km |
| Apogee | 380 km |
Additional information SPOOQY-1
Demonstrate the generation of polarisation-entangled photon pairs in space. Demonstrate that the technologies used on scientific payload, including the new flexure stages, blade mounting and thermal design, are working as intended. Besides these main objectives, the mission also has the additional goals to investigate aging of the payload and to de-risk future SpooQySat and quantum key distribution (QKD) missions.
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Photos SPOOQY-1 Photos: 6
