- UGATUSAT
Infobox Spacecraft
Organisation =Ufa State Aviation Technical University
Mission_Type =Earth observation /Technology development
Orbit_regime =Low Earth orbit
Mass = 30 kilograms
Carrier_Rocket =Soyuz-2
Launch = TBD
Launch_Site =Plesetsk Cosmodrome
IMG_Resolution = 50metre s/pixel |UGATUSAT is a
Russia nnanosatellite which was built, and will be operated byUfa State Aviation Technical University (UGATU). The satellite will be used as a technology demonstrator, and for Earth observation. The development programme was budgeted at around 155MRouble s (£3.75M/$7.25M). [http://space.skyrocket.de/index_frame.htm?http://www.skyrocket.de/space/doc_sdat/ugatusat.htm Gunter's Space Page - UGATUSAT] ] Launch, atop aKosmos-3M carrier rocket from LC-107 atKapustin Yar is currently scheduled for19 June . It will be launched as a secondary payload, with the primary payload consisting of sixOrbcomm satellites. It has been reported that it may be transferred to a later launch, as a secondary payload on aSoyuz-2 rocket, to the first Persona satellite.References
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