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TabletSat-Aurora
Russian micro-satellite

TabletSat-Aurora is a Russian micro-satellite launched in 2014. The satellite is built in shape of hexagonal prism, with 6 foldable solar panels. It is claimed to be the first privately developed satellite in the Russian Federation.

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Launch

TabletSat-Aurora was launched from Dombarovsky site 13, Russia, on 19 June 2014 by a Dnepr rocket.2 Two-way communication with Earth was successfully established soon after launch.3

Mission

It intended to verify technologies for the future satellite constellation Earth observation technologies4 Main payload is the panchromatic photo camera capable of 15m resolution at nadir.5

See also

  • Spaceflight portal

References

  1. "TabletSat-Aurora". spaceflight101.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023. https://spaceflight101.com/spacecraft/tablesat-aurora/ ↩

  2. "First Russian Private Earth Remote Sensing Satellite". GIM International. Retrieved March 18, 2023. https://www.gim-international.com/content/article/first-russian-private-earth-remote-sensing-satellite?output=pdf ↩

  3. "Russian private satellite transmitted the first signal to Earth (translated from Russian)". June 19, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2023. https://nauka.tass.ru/nauka/1268351 ↩

  4. "TabletSat-Aurora". spaceflight101.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023. https://spaceflight101.com/spacecraft/tablesat-aurora/ ↩

  5. Krebs, Gunter D. "TabletSat-Aurora". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved March 18, 2023. https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/tabletsat-aurora.htm ↩