CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- ZACube-1
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Full Name
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TshepisoSat
aka TshepisoSat
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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SANSA , CPUT
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Launch Date
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21 Nov 2013
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Mission Links
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mission site | data access portal
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EOL Date
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21 Nov 2021
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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International Designator
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Orbit Type
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Sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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97.2 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Ascending
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Orbit Inclination
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97.6 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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670 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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ZACube-1 has a high frequency (HF) beacon transmitter that will be used to help characterize the Earth’s ionosphere and to calibrate SANSA's (South African National Space Agency) auroral radar installation at the SANAE IV base in Antarctica.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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No IDN OpenSearch datasets found.
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