Objectives and Applications
The satellite serves as a testbed and technology demonstrator for another larger scale mission, namely ESEO (European Student Earth Orbiter).
it is also used to take images of the Earth's surface and to try to involve the amateur radio community, in the downlink of housekeeping and payload data.
Full Name
(Student Space Education and Technology Initiative) Express
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
27 Oct 2005
Mission Links
EOL Date
27 Oct 2005
Orbit Type
Orbit Period
98.5 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
98.3 deg
Orbit Altitude
686 km
Orbit Longitude
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
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