UASGroup - CNUSAIL-1 Cubesat

CNUSAIL-1 Cubesat

Development period: 2013-2015
Launch date: 2018/01/12
Main mission: solar/drag sail deployment on orbit and effectiveness analysis on satellite orbit/attitude dynamics
Current orbit information from Celestrack.org
- https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/graph-orbit-data.php?CATNR=43133&fbclid=IwAR3pYdvis-li8CwKc-7wkMDL08rjQKj-7rUMM96jfYyJORf6BrAKmBVaGkI

Liftoff and Onboard Camera View of ISRO’s PSLV-C40 mission, a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in “XL” configuration launching a Cartosat-2 series satellite (Cartosat-2F, Cartosat-2S4) for Earth observation and 30 co-passenger satellites from the First Launch Pad (FLP) of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota, on 12 January 2018, at 03:59 UTC (09:29 IST).
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUIxemmfc7o
Specifications and other informations from the public websites

Communications

IARU Satellite Coordinator:
- http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/formal_detail.php?serialnum=441
Antenna specifications
- Satellite
  - Designed and fabricated In-house
  - Material: steel measure tape
  - Dipole type (VHF/UHF)
- Ground station
  - VHF: M2 Antenna Systems 2MCP14, 143-148 MHZ
    - https://www.m2inc.com/FG2MCP14
  - UHF: M2 Antenna Systems 436CP42UG, 430-438 MHZ
    - https://www.m2inc.com/FG436CP42UG
Decoding satellites from the PSLV 2018-004 launch
- https://destevez.net/2018/01/decoding-satellites-from-the-pslv-2018-004-launch/
Observation history by SatNOGS Network
- https://network.satnogs.org/observations/?norad=43133&page=1

Sail deployment test for a preliminary engineering model

Overall functional test for QM

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