ArduSat
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ArduSat is an Arduino based nanosatellite, based on the CubeSat standard. It contains a set of Arduino boards and sensors. The general public will be allowed to use these Arduinos and sensors for their own creative purposes while they are in space.[1]
Mission type | Citizen science |
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Operator | NanoSatisfi LLC |
Website | Nanosatisfi.com |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | 1U CubeSat |
Launch mass | 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 3 August 2013, 19:48:46 (2013-08-03UTC19:48:46Z) UTC |
Rocket | H-IIB |
Launch site | Tanegashima Y2 |
Contractor | JAXA, NanoRacks |
Deployed from | ISS |
Deployment date | 19 November 2013, 12:18:00 (2013-11-19UTC12:18Z) UTC |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Epoch | Planned |
ArduSat is created by NanoSatisfi LLC, an aerospace company which in the words of Phil Plait[2] has "the goal to democratize access to space" and was founded by 4 graduate students from the International Space University in 2012.
ArduSat is the first satellite which will provide such open access to the general public to space.[3] It is one of several crowdfunded satellites launched during the 2010s.[4] Currently the project evolved to the company Because Learning.[5]