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 Replica of the Nanosat 01 at Homsec, Madrid | |
| Operator | INTA |
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| COSPAR ID | 2004-049B |
| SATCAT no. | 28493 |
| Mission duration | 4 years |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Manufacturer | INTA, ESA, CSIC |
| Dry mass | 19 kg |
| Power | 17 W |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 18 December 2004 |
| Rocket | Ariane 5 G+ |
| Launch site | Guiana Space Centre |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Altitude | 656.5 km |
| Periapsis altitude | 654.2 km |
| Apoapsis altitude | 658.7 km |
| Inclination | 98.1º |
| Period | 97.7 minutes |
| Payload | |
| ACS, Earth magnetic nanosensor, Solar sensors, OWLS | |
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The Nanosat 01, sometimes written as NanoSat-1 or NanoSat 01, was an artificial satellite developed by the Spanish Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA) and launched 18 December 2004. Considered a nano satellite for its weight of less than 20 kg,[1] its main mission was forwarding communications between far reaching points of the Earth such as Juan Carlos I Antarctic Base from mainland Spain. This was possible due to its polar orbit and altitude of 650 km above sea level. During an operational run the data obtained in the Antarctic would be uploaded to the satellite during its fly by and then, downloaded in Spain when satellite reached the Iberian Peninsula.
When its service life came to an end in 2009, it was replaced by the Nanosat-1B, also developed by INTA.[2]
- ^ "Wayback Machine: NANOSAT 01" (PDF). 2015-09-24. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ^ "NanoSat-1B - eoPortal Directory - Satellite Missions". earth.esa.int. Retrieved 2020-04-10.