Painani-2, an experimental nanosatellite owned by SEDENA, the Mexican defence agency, was developed by the Universidad del Ejerito y Fuerza Aerea.
Name of Satellite | Painani-2 |
Purpose | Earth Observation |
Contractor | AIVT by Mexican University of the Army and Air Force |
Country of Contractor | Mexico |
Launch Mass (kg.) | 4 |
Class of Orbit | LEO |
Perigee (km) | 532 |
Date of Launch | 30.06.2021 |
Launch Site | Cape Canaveral |
Launch Vehicle | Falcon 9 |
COSPAR Number | 2021-059BB |
NORAD Number | 48928 |
The Painani-2 Earth Observation Satellite, a 3U CubeSat and four small low resolution cameras that operate solely in Mexican territory, is an experiment with technology. By using frequency hopping technology, the data will be downlinked in an S-band downlink.