KRAKSAT

KRAKSAT
KRAKSAT during assembly
Mission typeAcademic
OperatorJagiellonian University
COSPAR ID1998-067QM Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.44427Edit this on Wikidata
Websitekraksat.pl
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSatellite
ManufacturerSatRevolution
Launch mass1kg
Start of mission
Launch date17 April 2019, 20:46:07 (2019-04-17UTC20:46:07Z) UTC
RocketAntares Cygnus NG-11
Launch siteMid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport P0A
ContractorNorthrop Grumman
Orbital parameters
Perigee altitude417 km
Apogee altitude420 km
Inclination51.6395°
Period93 minutes

KRAKSAT's logo

KRAKSAT was a Polish 1U CubeSat developed and operated by students at Jagiellonian University and manufactured by SatRevolution. KRAKSAT would be launched to the ISS on Cygnus NG-11, and deployed on July 3, 2019.

Development

KRAKSAT was developed by students at Krakow's Jagiellonian University and was manufactured by the Wrocław based company SatRevolution. The satellite's primary payload was to investigate how ferrofluid behaves in space, and to explore its use as a flywheel. The secondary payload was a microSD card carrying over 1.2 thousand messages from Polish internet users.

Launch

KRAKSAT would be launched on the Cygnus NG-11 on 17 April 2019, 20:46:07 UTC alongside another Polish cubesat, Światowid. KRAKSAT was released from the ISS on June 3, 2019, however, suffered from a steadily decreasing battery voltage resulting in multiple re-boots per orbit, and a software issue that prevented use of its secondary radio link.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "KRAKsat: a satellite from Kraków". Jagiellonian University. Retrieved 1 November 2026.
  2. 1 2 Kołodziej, Beata. "The Polish satellites KRAKsat and Światowid launched into space". Space In Poland. Retrieved 1 November 2026.
  3. ↑ "KrakSat". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 1 November 2026.