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�HETsat [SITAEL S.p.A.]

The �HETsat or MicroHETsat project a satellite developed at SITAEL S.p.A. in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Italian Space Agency (ASI). It represents one of the first applications of a Hall Effect based, low power electric thruster (so-called HET), on-board a microsatellite platform (�sat).

The flight segment of this mission is based on the SITAEL low cost S-75 micro-platform that has been adapted to carry out the in orbit validation of the SITAEL HT-100 low power thruster system which represents also the �HETsat payload. The mission is validating both the SITAEL bus (S-75 platform) and SITAEL low power Hall Effect Thruster (HT100).

Virgin Orbit had originally been contracted to launch the satellite on their LauncherOne rocket. Later the satellite was re-booked for a shared Vega launch, but ended up eventually on a Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) launch vehicle.

Nation: Italy
Type / Application: Technology
Operator: SITAEL S.p.A.
Contractors: SITAEL S.p.A.
Equipment:
Configuration: SITAEL S-75 bus
Propulsion: HT100 Hall Effect Thruster
Power: Solar cells, batteries
Lifetime:
Mass: < 60 kg
Orbit:
Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
�HETsat 2023-185E 01.12.2023 Va SLC-4E Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with KORSAT 7, �HETsat, GNOMES 4, KOYOH, Bane, ION-SCV 015, ALISIO 1, LOGSATS, NanoFF A, B, Unicorn 2L, 2M, 2N, MDQube-SAT 2, SpIRIT, Lilium 1, EIRSAT 1, ENSO, Hayasat 1

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