Challenge One is a satellite that was built by TELNET, a Tunisian company. It will be the initial satellite of Tunisia.
Name of Satellite | Challenge One |
Purpose | Technology Development |
Contractor | TELNET Holding |
Country of Contractor | Tunisia |
Launch Mass (kg.) | 3 |
Class of Orbit | LEO |
Perigee (km) | 535 |
Date of Launch | 22.03.2021 |
Launch Site | Baikonur Cosmodrome |
Launch Vehicle | Soyuz-2.1a |
COSPAR Number | 2021-022AA |
NORAD Number | 47956 |
The ChallengeOne Technology Development Satellite IoT service is a 3U CubeSat that has been designed as a proof of concept, equipped with a LoRa transceiver, SDR, and LoRa gateway to enable complete coverage of uplink and downlink capabilities to ground-level nodes.