NEE-02 Krysaor
Appearance
Mission type | Technology demonstration |
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Operator | Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency |
COSPAR ID | 2013-066AB |
SATCAT no. | 39441 |
Website | www |
Mission duration | Design: 1 year Elapsed: 10 years, 11 months, 7 days |
Orbits completed | 15,074[1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | 1U CubeSat |
Manufacturer | Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency |
Launch mass | 1.2 kg (2.6 lb) |
Dimensions | 10×10 cm (3.9×3.9 in)[2] |
Power | 127 watts maximum |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 21 November 2013, 07:10 | UTC
Rocket | Dnepr |
Launch site | Dombarovsky 370/13 |
Entered service | 25 January 2014 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Sun-synchronous |
Semi-major axis | 7,024.99 km (4,365.13 mi)[1] |
Eccentricity | 0.0083597[1] |
Perigee altitude | 588.13 km (365.45 mi)[1] |
Apogee altitude | 705.58 km (438.43 mi)[1] |
Inclination | 97.6637 degrees[1] |
Period | 97.66 minutes[1] |
Mean motion | 14.74[1] |
Epoch | 10 September 2016, 08:01:29 UTC[1] |
NEE-02 Krysaor is an Ecuadorian technology demonstration satellite, and Ecuador's second satellite launched to space. Built by the Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency (EXA), it is a single-unit CubeSat nanosatellite.[3] Krysaor is a Pegasus-class spacecraft, a "twin" of Ecuador's first satellite, NEE-01 Pegaso.[4] Like Pegaso, this spacecraft's instruments include a dual visible and infrared camera which allows the spacecraft to take pictures and transmit live video from space.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i "NEE 02 Krysaor - Orbit". Heavens Above. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "Ecuador already has its second satellite in space, NEE-02 Krysaor". Agencia Pública de Noticias del Ecuador y Suramérica. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ Graham, William (21 November 2013). "Russian Dnepr conducts record breaking 32 satellite haul". NASA Spaceflight. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ "NEE-02 Krysaor". Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
External links
[edit]- (in Spanish) Krysaor official website
- (in English) Krysaor official website