ÑuSat

ÑuSat
Mission type	Commercial Earth Observation
Operator	Satellogic S.A.
COSPAR ID	2016-033B
SATCAT no.	41558
Website	www.satellogic.com
Mission duration	Planned: 3 years ; Final: −7 months, 8 days
Spacecraft properties
Bus	Small Satellite Standard
Manufacturer	Satellogic
Launch mass	82 lb (37 kg)
Start of mission
Launch date	30 May 2016, 00:13 (1st, 2nd); 15 June 2017 (3rd); 2 February 2018 (4th, 5th)
Rocket	Long March 4B
Launch site	Taiyuan CZ-4B

ÑuSat satellites series (Spanish: ÑuSat, pronounced just like the GNU project acronym), also known as codename Fresco, Batata, MilaneSat, Ada, Maryam (named after local culture reference on Argentinean deserts and food), is a series of Argentinean commercial Earth observation satellites constellation designed, built and operated by Satellogic.

Overview

Satellites design

The satellites in the constellation are identical 40 cm × 43 cm × 75 cm spacecraft of 82 lb (37 kg) mass. The satellites are equipped with an imaging system operating in visible light and infrared. The constellation will allow for commercially available real-time Earth imaging and video with a ground resolution of 3.3 ft (1 m). The satellite were developed based on the experience gained on the BugSat 1 (Tita) prototype satellite.^[1]

Missions

The Aleph-1 constellation will consist of up to 25 satellites. The first two satellites will be launched as piggy-back payloads on a Chinese CZ-4B rocket in April 2016 from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center into a 500 km sun synchronous orbit with an inclination of 97.5°. Four more will follow later in 2016.

Ground communications

An U/V transponder with 2 W of output power for 8 GHz downlink and 2 GHz uplink will be operating on 100 kHz bandwidth.^[2]

LabOSat / MeMOSat payloads

MeMOSat, developed by the LabOSat Group, designed and built by a group of scientists at the National Atomic Energy Commission (Spanish: Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA)), the National Institute of Industrial Technology (Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial (INTI)), the National University of San Martin (Spanish: Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM)) and National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET).

This memory was specially designed to operate in harsh environments and adverse conditions, such as the strong radiation it must withstand in space. Its main objective is to test electronic components that will be commercialized in the future.

To do this, the memory is made up of two metallic films with an oxide between about 20 nm thick, with electrical resistance properties, that can send information from the satellites, allowing to study their behavior in these hostile environments.

AMSAT payload

Additionally, ÑuSat-1 carries a U/V linear transponder called LUSEX provided by AMSAT Argentina (AMSAT-LU) to offer services to the HAM community.

List of satellites

Although the satellites are officially named "ÑuSat", each satellite has a nickname, a tradition from Satellogic that dates back since its very first satellite Capitan Beto

Name ^[3]	Nickname	In homage to	Launch date	Outcome	Notes
ÑuSat 1	Fresco	Queso blanco (Alongside Batata, they make the traditional argentinian dessert "Fresco y Batata")	May 30, 2016	Success	First commercial nanosatelite from Argentina
ÑuSat 2	Batata	Dulce de batata (Alongside Fresco, they make the traditional argentinian dessert "Fresco y Batata")	May 30, 2016	Success	First commercial nanosatelite from Argentina
ÑuSat 3	Milanesat	Milanesa	June 15, 2017	Success	Nickname proposed by a reddit user^[4]
ÑuSat 4	Ada^[5]	Ada Lovelace^[6]	February 2, 2018^[7]^[8]	Success^[9]
ÑuSat 5	Maryam^[5]	Maryam Mirzakhani^[6]	February 2, 2018^[7]^[8]	Success^[9]

Gallery

Legally valid stamps printed in commemoration of ÑuSat Satellites Launching
Mauricio Macri alongside Satellogic directives after the launch of Fresco and Batata
Mission patch of the ÑuSat 4 & 5 satellites
Buenos Aires as seen from one of the ÑuSat satellites

References

↑ 1
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↑ http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/nusat-1.htm
↑ "Tenes ganas de elegir el nombre del próximo satélite argentino? • r/argentina". reddit (in Spanish). Retrieved June 15, 2017.
1 2 https://twitter.com/earlkman/status/893528111886721024
1 2 https://twitter.com/fedejack/status/893539830487035906
1 2 "Next Feb 2nd we are launching 2 new satellites called Ada & Maryam. Be the first one to check…". Twitter. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
1 2 Jones, Andrew. "China launches seismo-electromagnetic probe along with ESA, Danish and commercial CubeSats". GB Times. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
1 2 "Sucessfull launch 🚀. Ada & Maryam are talking to us! 🛰🛰". Twitter. Retrieved 2 February 2018.

External links

Launcher Data Release by Space Flights News.
Technical reference by Gunter's Space Page.
Alepth Constellation by China Space Flight.
Launcher Data Release by Gunter's Space Page.

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[Nombres-3] ttp://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/nusat-1.htm

[4] "Tenes ganas de elegir el nombre del próximo satélite argentino? • r/argentina". reddit (in Spanish). Retrieved June 15, 2017.

[a69ae387-5] 1 2 https://twitter.com/earlkman/status/893528111886721024

[db920ae5-6] 1 2 https://twitter.com/fedejack/status/893539830487035906

[adalaunchtwi-7] 1 2 "Next Feb 2nd we are launching 2 new satellites called Ada & Maryam. Be the first one to check…". Twitter. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

[gbtimeslaunchadamaryam-8] 1 2 Jones, Andrew. "China launches seismo-electromagnetic probe along with ESA, Danish and commercial CubeSats". GB Times. Retrieved 2 February 2018.

[exadaymaryam-9] 1 2 "Sucessfull launch 🚀. Ada & Maryam are talking to us! 🛰🛰". Twitter. Retrieved 2 February 2018.

← 2015 · Orbital launches in 2016 · 2017 →
January	Belintersat-1 – Jason-3 – IRNSS-1E – Intelsat 29e – Eutelsat 9B
February	BeiDou M3-S – USA-266 / GPS IIF -12 – Kosmos 2514 / GLONASS-M 751 – Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 – USA-267 / NROL-45 / Topaz-4 – Sentinel-3A – ASTRO-H / Hitomi · ChubuSat-2 · ChubuSat-3 · Horyu-4
March	SES-9 – Eutelsat 65 West A – IRNSS-1F – Resurs-P No.3 – ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter · Schiaparelli EDM lander – Soyuz TMA-20M – Cygnus CRS OA-6 (Diwata-1 · Flock-2e' × 20 · Lemur-2 × 9) – Kosmos 2515 / Bars-M No.2 – BeiDou IGSO-6 – Progress MS-02
April	Shijian-10 – Dragon CRS-8 · BEAM – Sentinel-1B · MICROSCOPE · AAUSAT-4 · e-st@r-II · OUFTI-1 – Mikhailo Lomonosov · Aist-2D · SamSat 218 – IRNSS-1G
May	JCSAT-14 – Yaogan 30 – Galileo FOC-10, FOC-11 – Thaicom 8 – Kosmos 2516 / GLONASS-M 753 – Ziyuan III-02 · ÑuSat 1, 2
June	Kosmos 2517 / Geo-IK-2 No.12 – Intelsat 31 / DLA-2 – USA-268 / NROL-37 – BeiDou G7 – Eutelsat 117 West B · ABS-2A – Echostar 18 · BRIsat – CartoSat-2C · BIROS · GHGsat · LAPAN-A3 · M3MSat · SkySat-C1 · Flock-2p × 12 · SathyabamaSat · Swayam – MUOS-5 – Chinese next-generation crew capsule scale model · Aolong-1 · Aoxiang Zhixing · Tiange-1 · Tiange-2 – Shijian 16-02
July	Soyuz MS-01 – Progress MS-03 – Dragon CRS-9 – USA-269 / NROL-61
August	Tiantong-1 01 – Gaofen-3 – JCSAT-16 – QUESS / Mozi / Micius · ³Cat-2 · LiXing-1 – USA-270 / GSSAP #3 · USA-271 / GSSAP #4 – Intelsat 33e · Intelsat 36 – Gaofen-10
September	Amos-6 – INSAT-3DR – OSIRIS-REx – Ofek-11 – Tiangong-2 – PeruSat-1 · SkySat × 4 – ScatSat-1 · Alsat-1B · Alsat-2B · Blacksky Pathfinder-1 · Alsat-1N · CanX-7 · PISat · Pratham
October	Sky Muster II · GSAT-18 – Shenzhou 11 – Cygnus CRS OA-5 (Lemur-2 × 4) – Soyuz MS-02
November	Himawari 9 – Shijian-17 – XPNAV 1 – WorldView-4 · CELTEE 1 · Prometheus-2 × 2 · AeroCube 8 × 2 · U2U · RAVAN – Yunhai-1 – Galileo FOC 7, 12, 13, 14 – Soyuz MS-03 – GOES-R – Tianlian I-04
December	Progress MS-04 – Göktürk-1 – Resourcesat-2A – WGS-8 – HTV-6 / Kounotori 6 · (EGG · TuPOD · UBAKUSAT · AOBA-VELOX · STARS · FREEDOM · ITF · Waseda-SAT · OSNSAT · Tancredo-1 · TechEDSat · Lemur-2 × 4) – Fengyun 4A – CYGNSS × 8 – EchoStar 19 – Arase / ERG – TanSat · Spark × 2 – Star One D1 · JCSAT-15 – SuperView / Gaojing-1 01, 02 · Bayi Kepu 1
Launches are separated by dashes ( – ), payloads by dots ( · ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Cubesats are smaller. Manned flights are bolded. Launch failures are in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in brackets).

← 2016 · Orbital launches in 2017 · 2018 →
January	TJS-2 – Lingqiao / Jilin-1 03 · Caton-1 · Xingyun Shiyan 1 – Iridium NEXT 1–10 – TRICOM-1 – USA-273 / SBIRS GEO-3 – DSN-2 – Hispasat AG1
February	Intelsat 32e / SkyBrasil-1 · Telkom-3S – Cartosat-2D · INS-1A, 1B · Flock-3p × 88 · Lemur-2 × 8 · Al Farabi-1 · BGUSAT · DIDO-2 · Nayif 1 · PEASS – Dragon CRS-10 – Progress MS-05
March	USA-274 / NROL-79 / Intruder 8 – Tiankun-1 – Sentinel-2B – EchoStar 23 – IGS-Radar 5 – USA-275 / WGS-9 – SES-10
April	Shijian 13 – Cygnus CRS OA-7 – Soyuz MS-04 – Tianzhou 1 · SilkRoad-1
May	USA-276 / NROL-76 – Koreasat 7 · SGDC-1 – GSAT 9 / South Asia Satellite – Inmarsat-5 F4 – SES-15 – EKS-2
June	QZS-2 – ViaSat-2 · Eutelsat 172B – Dragon CRS-11 · NICER · Birds-1 (TOKI · GhanaSat-1 · Mazaalai · BRAC Onnesha · Nigeria EduSat-1) – GSAT-19 – EchoStar 21 – Progress MS-06 – HXMT / Insight · Zhuhai-1 01, 02 · ÑuSat 3 – ChinaSat 9A – Cartosat-2E · Aalto-1 · ROBUSTA-1B · Max Valier Sat – Nivelir-ZU (14F150) – BulgariaSat-1 – Iridium NEXT-2 – EuropaSat/Hellas Sat 3 · GSAT-17
July	Shijian-18 – Intelsat 35e – Kanopus-V-IK · CICERO × 3 · Corvus-BC × 2 · Ecuador-UTE-YuZGU · Flock-2k × 48 · Flying Laptop · Iskra-MAI-85 · Lemur-2 × 8 · MKA-N × 2 · Mayak · NORSAT-1, -2 · NanoACE · TechnoSat · WNISAT-1R – Soyuz MS-05
August	OPTSAT-3000 · VENµS – Dragon CRS-12 · ASTERIA – Blagovest 11L – TDRS-M – Michibiki 3 – Formosat-5 – ORS-5 – IRNSS-1H
September	USA-277 / OTV-5 – Amazonas 5 – Soyuz MS-06 – Kosmos 2522 / GLONASS-M 752 – USA-278 / NROL-42 – AsiaSat 9 – Yaogan-30-01 × 3 – Intelsat 37e · BSAT-4a
October	VRSS-2 – Iridium NEXT 21–30 – QZS-4 – SES-11 / EchoStar 105 – Sentinel-5 Precursor – Progress MS-07 – USA-279 / NROL-52 / Quasar 21 – Koreasat 5A – SkySat × 6 · Flock-3m × 4
November	BeiDou-3 M1 · M2 – Mohammed VI-A – Cygnus CRS OA-8E · Asgardia-1 – Fengyun-3D · HEAD-1 – NOAA-20 – Jilin-1 × 3 – Yaogan-30-02 × 3 – Meteor-M No.2-1
December	Kosmos 2524 – LKW-1 – Alcomsat-1 – Galileo FOC 15-18 – Dragon CRS-13 – Soyuz MS-07 – GCOM-C · SLATS – Iridium NEXT 31–40 – Yaogan-30-03 × 3 – AngoSat 1
Launches are separated by dashes ( – ), payloads by dots ( · ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). CubeSats are smaller. Manned flights are bolded. Launch failures are in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in brackets).

← 2017 · Orbital launches in 2018 · 2019 →
January	USA-280 / Zuma – SuperView / Gaojing-1 03 · 04 – BeiDou-3 M7 · M8 – Cartosat-2F · Microsat · INS-1C · PicSat · ICEYE-X1 · Fox-1D – LKW-3 – ASNARO-2 – Jilin 1 07 · 08 · Xiaoxiang · Zhou Enlai · Kepler · Quantutong-1 – USA-282 / SBIRS-GEO-4 – Dove Pioneer · Lemur-2 × 2 · Humanity Star – Yaogan 30K · 30L · 30M · Weina 1A – SES-14 · Al Yah 3 – GovSat-1 / SES-16
February	Kanopus-V 3 · 4 – CSES · ÑuSat 4, 5 – TRICOM-1R – Falcon Heavy test flight (Tesla Roadster) – BeiDou-3 M3 · M4 – Progress MS-08 – Paz · Tintin A & B – IGS-Optical 6
March	GOES-17 – Hispasat 30W-6 – O3b × 4 (FM13 to FM16) – Soyuz MS-08 – GSAT-6A – EMKA – BeiDou-3 M9 · M10 – Iridium NEXT 41–50 – Gaofen-1-02 · 03 · 04
April	Dragon CRS-14 · 1KUNS-PF · Irazú · UBAKUSAT – Superbird-B3 · HYLAS-4 – Yaogan 31A · 31B · 31C · Weina 1B – IRNSS-1I – AFSPC-11 · EAGLE – Blagovest-12L – TESS – Sentinel-3B – Zhuhai-1 × 5
May	Apstar 6C – InSight · MarCO A, B – Gaofen-5 – Bangabandhu-1 – Chang'e 4 Relay – Cygnus CRS OA-9E – Iridium NEXT 51–55 · GRACE-FO × 2
June	Gaofen-6 – SES-12 – Fengyun-2H – Soyuz MS-09 – IGS-Radar 6 – GLONASS-M 756 – XJSS A · B – Dragon CRS-15 (Biarri-Squad × 3 · BHUTAN-1 · Maya-1 · UiTMSAT-1)
July	PRSS-1 · PakTES-1A – BeiDou IGSO-7 – Progress MS-09 – Telstar 19V – Galileo FOC 19–22 – Iridium NEXT 56–65 – BeiDou-3 M5 · M6 – Gaofen 11
August	Merah Putih – Parker Solar Probe – ADM-Aeolus – BeiDou-3 M11 · M12
September	HaiYang-1C – Telstar 18V – ICESat-2 — SSTL S1-4 · NovaSAR-1 – BeiDou-3 M13 · M14 – Kounotori 7 – Azerspace-2 / Intelsat 38 · Horizons-3e – CentiSpace-1-S1
October	SAOCOM 1A – Yaogan 32A · 32B – Soyuz MS-10 – AEHF-4 – BepiColombo
Launches are separated by dashes ( – ), payloads by dots ( · ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). CubeSats are smaller. Manned flights are bolded. Launch failures are in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in brackets).