ZACube-1 Mission

Objectives and Applications

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.

Mission Summary

Full Name
TshepisoSat
aka TshepisoSat
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
SANSA, CPUT
Launch Date
21 Nov 2013
Mission Links
mission site | data access portal
EOL Date
21 Nov 2021
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
97.2 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
97.6 deg
Orbit Altitude
670 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

HF Beacon Transmitter - HF Beacon Transmitter
VGA Matrix Camera - VGA Matrix Camera

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
Gravity and Magnetic FieldsGravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements HF Beacon Transmitter
LandMulti-purpose imagery (land) VGA Matrix Camera

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