LilacSat 1 (Zidingxiang 1, QB50 CN02, LO 90, LilacSat-OSCAR 90) (original) (raw)
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LilacSat 1 [HIT]
LilacSat 1 is a 2U-CubeSat for education, upper atmosphere science, amateur radio communication and technology demonstration, built by a team of students of Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT).
It is a part of the QB50 constellation. The QB50 project, which demonstrates the possibility of launching a network of 50 CubeSats built by Universities Teams all over the world to perform first-class science in the largely unexplored lower thermosphere.
LilacSat 1 carries three mission payloads:
- An Ion-Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS). It is a standard payload of QB50 for upper atmosphere science.
- A V/U APRS digipeater. It is open for amateur use. It supports both real-time repeating and store-forward mode.
- A thermal infrared camera. It is open for amateur use. Any licensed radio amateur can send a telecommand to take an image and download the data.
The satellite was launched with the bulk of the QB50 constellation to the ISS in 2017, from where the satellite was deployed on 25 May 2017. The in-orbit lifetime of LilacSat-1 is about 3 months, from deployment to de-orbit.
| Nation: | China |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Education, amateur radio communication, technology |
| Operator: | Harbin Institute of Technology, CAMSAT |
| Contractors: | Harbin Institute of Technology |
| Equipment: | INMS, V/U APRS digipeater, thermal infrared camera |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (2U) |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 3 months |
| Mass: | 2 kg |
| Orbit: | 402 km × 403 km, 51.64� |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LilacSat 1 (Zidingxiang 1, QB50 CN02, QB50 BE02, LO 90, LilacSat-OSCAR 90) | 1998-067ME | 18.04.2017 | CC SLC-41 | Atlas-5(401) | with Cygnus CRS-7, ALTAIR 1, SUSat, UNSW-EC0, i-INSPIRE 2, ZA-AeroSat, nSIGHT 1, Ex-Alta 1, NJUST 1, Aoxiang 1, SOMP 2, QBITO, Aalto 2, X-CubeSat, SpaceCube, DUTHSat, UPSat, Hoopoe, LINK, SNUSAT 1, SNUSAT 1b, qbee50-LTU-OC, BeEagleSat, HAVELSAT, Phoenix, PolyITAN-2-SAU, QBUS 1, QBUS 2, QBUS 4, IceCube, CSUNSat 1, CXBN 2, KySat 3, SHARC, Lemur-2 30, ..., 33 |
| | Further QB50 missions: Set 1 (INMS) QB50 P1 (QB50P1) QB50 AU01 (SUSat) QB50 AU02 (UNSW-EC0) QB50 AZ01 (ZA-AeroSat) QB50 CN01 (BUSAT 1) QB50 CN02 (LilacSat 1) QB50 CN04 (Aoxiang 1) QB50 CN06 (NUDTSat) QB50 ES01 (QBITO) QB50 GB03 (UCLSat) QB50 KR01 (LINK) QB50 TW01 (Phoenix) QB50 US01 (QBUS 1, Challenger) QB50 US03 (QBUS 3, Discovery) Set 2 (FIPEX) QB50 P2 (QB50P2) QB50 AZ02 (nSIGHT 1) QB50 BR01 (14-BISat) QB50 CN03 (NJUST 1) QB50 CZ02 (VZLUsat 1) QB50 DE02 (SOMP 2) QB50 FR01 (X-CubeSat) QB50 FR03 (IP2SAT) QB50 FR05 (SpaceCube) QB50 IN01 (ANUSAT 2) QB50 KR02 (SNUSAT 1) QB50 KR03 (SNUSAT 1b) QB50 LT01 (LituanicaSAT 2) QB50 PT01 (GAMASAT 1) QB50 RU01 (SamSat-QB50) QB50 SE01 (qbee50-LTU-OC) QB50 UA01 (PolyITAN-2-SAU) QB50 US02 (QBUS 2, Atlantis) QB50 US04 (QBUS 4, Columbia) Set 3 (mNLP) QB50 AT03 (Pegasus) QB50 AU03 (i-INSPIRE 2) QB50 CA03 (Ex-Alta 1) QB50 FI01 (Aalto 2) QB50 GR01 (DUTHSat) QB50 GR02 (UPSat) QB50 IL01 (Hoopoe, Duchifat 2) QB50 IT02 (URSA MAIOR) QB50 RO01 (RoBiSAT 1) QB50 RO02 (RoBiSAT 2) QB50 TR01 (BeEagleSat) QB50 TR02 (HAVELSAT) IOD QB50 BE05 (QARMAN) QB50 DE04 (DragSail-CubeSat) QB50 GB06 (InflateSail) | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |