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An engineering model of UWE-1 cubesat that will be one of the payloads on the SSETI Express
An engineering model of UWE-1 cubesat that will be one of the payloads on the SSETI Express
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Educational CubeSats deployed from SSETI Express

28/10/2005

Aboard the SSETI Express satellite, which was launched yesterday morning, were three educational CubeSat satellites each weighing 1kg and measuring 10x10x10cm.

They are:

  • Ncube2 from Norway

  • XI-V from University of Tokyo in Japan

  • UWE-1 from University of Würzburg in Germany

The flight model of CubeSat XI-V
The flight model of CubeSat XI-V

The satellites were successfully deployed from SSETI Express 64 minutes into the mission and so far signals from XI-V and UWE-1 have been successfully received at their respective ground stations.

Delivery of NCube2, one of the payloads for SSETI Express
Delivery of NCube2, one of the payloads for SSETI Express

Ncube2 students are still struggling to receive the first life signs from their satellite.

ESA and the SSETI-Association congratulates the cubesat teams on the successful launch and deployment, and wish them the best of luck for the coming operations.