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| Mission type | Amateur Radio |
|---|---|
| Operator | Universidad Nacional del Comahue , Asociación Argentina de Tecnología Espacial, AMSAT Argentina |
| COSPAR ID | 2007-001D |
| SATCAT no. | 29712 |
| Website | https://investigadores.uncoma.edu.ar/AplicacionesEspaciales/pehuen.htm |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Launch mass | 6 kg |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | January 10, 10:00 UTC |
| Launch site | Satish Dhawan PSLV C7 |
| End of mission | |
| Decay date | 16 January 2023 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Regime | LEO |
| Periapsis altitude | 596 km |
| Apoapsis altitude | 615 km |
| Period | 96.7 min |
Pehuensat-1 is a satellite built entirely in Argentina with educational objectives. It was launched on January 10, 2007 aboard a rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on the east coast of India. The assembly took five years and was carried out by teachers and students of the National University of Comahue.[1][2]
It was named Pehuensat-1 in reference to the pehuén, an ancient and native tree of the Andean Patagonian forests identified with the provinces in which the university has its academic headquarters.[3]
- ^ "Lanzan un satélite construido en la Argentina". conicet.gov.ar. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-06-10.
- ^ "PehuenSat 1 (PO 63, PehuenSat-OSCAR 63)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ^ UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE, AMSAT Argentina. "PehuenSat" (in Spanish).