ZIMSAT-1

54537
Spacetrack Directory Number
1998-11-20
Orbit launches


Satellite information ZIMSAT-1 - 1998-067UP

Spacetrack Directory Name ZIMSAT-1
Alternative name 1998-067UP
Orbit launches 1998-11-20
Deorbitation
Starting point TYMSC (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan)
Perigee 409 km
Apogee 420 km

Additional information ZIMSAT-1

BIRDS 5 Mission Statement \r\n   Build Uganda and Zimbabwe?s first satellite while improving the standardized bus system for future missions, giving continuity to the satellite development of Japan and previous missions from BIRDS-1,2,3 and 4. \r\n Primary Objective(s)  \r\nTo design, build, test, launch and operate Uganda and Zimbabwe?s first satellite  \r\n To demonstrate the multispectral camera and DLP feasibility on 1U CubeSat \r\n To give continuity to three missions; attitude visualisation, Imaging classification Mission (IMG-CLS) and Store & Forward (SF- WARD)  \r\n To demonstrate Particle Instrument for Nano-satellite(PINO) \r\n To serve the Amateur radio community with APRS-Digipeater mission (APRS-DP)  \r\n Secondary Objective(s)  \r\nTo give continuity to 2U structure for further projects \r\n To demonstrate on-board image processing and classification  \r\n To demonstrate mounting of three Raspberry Pi on a 1U CubeSat

satellite ZIMSAT-1 Date of exalting 20.11.1998y.


Update time: 2023-05-14 02:03:05
ZIMSAT-1 a new group of Starlink satellites has been launched 1998-11-20