KSU Cubesat (King Saud University Cubesat) is a 1U version of the 1U CubeSat, which was created by students and researchers from the College of Engineering (COE) at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia.
Name of Satellite | KSU Cubesat |
Purpose | Technology Development |
Contractor | College of Engineering, King Saud University |
Country of Contractor | Saudi Arabia |
Launch Mass (kg.) | 2 |
Class of Orbit | LEO |
Perigee (km) | 536 |
Date of Launch | 22.03.2021 |
Launch Site | Baikonur Cosmodrome |
Launch Vehicle | Soyuz-2.1a |
COSPAR Number | 2021-022Y |
NORAD Number | 47954 |
Technology Development Satellite is designed to transmit telemetry and images taken from space by a small camera while also transmitting voice messages back to Earth.