AmicalSat
Satellite information AmicalSat - RS17S
| Spacetrack Directory Name | AmicalSat |
| Alternative name | RS17S |
| Orbit launches |
2020-09-03 g.03:51 |
| Deorbitation date |
2020-09-03 |
| Starting point | FRGUI (Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana) |
| WWW | Here |
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| Perigee | 530 km |
| Apogee | 536 km |
Additional information AmicalSat
AMICal Sat is a student satellite dedicated to space weather purpose. It will monitor the auroral oval almost during each orbit. In details, it will take pictures of the aurora once at the limb to allow to get the vertical structures of the oval, once at the nadir the map the portion of the oval seen by the satellite . Scientifically the data will be used to reconstruct the flux of particles coming into the atmosphere especially the electrons in the range of 20eV-10keV.
Update time: 2026-02-21 10:15:01
