UPM-Sat

UPM-Sat 1
COSPAR ID1995-033C Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.1995-033C
Mission duration213 days
Spacecraft properties
ManufacturerTechnical University of Madrid
Launch mass47 kilograms (104 lb)
Start of mission
Launch dateJuly 7, 1995 (1995-07-07)
RocketAriane IV-40
Launch siteGuiana Space Centre
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeSun-synchronous polar orbit
Perigee altitude670 kilometres (420 mi)
Apogee altitude670 kilometres (420 mi)
Inclination98.1 degrees
Period98 minutes
UPM-Sat 2
COSPAR ID1995-033C Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.2020-061E
Mission duration2 years (expected)
Spacecraft properties
ManufacturerTechnical University of Madrid
Launch mass45 kilograms (99 lb)
Start of mission
Launch dateSeptember 3, 2020 (2020-09-03)
RocketVega
Launch siteGuiana Space Centre
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeSun-synchronous polar orbit
Perigee altitude600 kilometres (370 mi)
Apogee altitude600 kilometres (370 mi)

UPM-Sat is a series of Spanish microsatellites developed by the Technical University of Madrid (UPM), in collaboration with the Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), for educational, scientific and technological purposes.[1]

  1. ^ "Programa de satélites UPM-Sat". Instituto Universitario de Microgravedad “Ignacio Da Riva” (in Spanish).