Earth orbit
PICSAT
PICSAT is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the CNES Cube program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
PICSAT is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the CNES Cube program. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 2018-004; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 12 January 2018, 03:59 UTC
- Launch location
- Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Launch vehicle
- PSLV-XL
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (Sun-synchronous)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 20 March 2018
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
PICSAT
GCAT program: CNES Cube.
- GCAT ID
- S43132
- Manufacturer
- Observatoire de Paris-Meudon
- Launch mass
- 5 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.3 m long · 0.1 m diameter · 0.3 m span
Tyvak-61C
GCAT program: LLNL.
- GCAT ID
- S43144
- Manufacturer
- Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems LLC
- Launch mass
- 4 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.3 m long · 0.1 m diameter · 0.3 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
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Verification
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