LitSat-1 was one of the first two
Lithuanian satellites (other one being
Lituanica SAT-1). It was launched aboard
the second Cygnus spacecraft along with 28
Flock-1
Flock-1 is a CubeSat satellite constellation launched on 9 January 2014. The satellite is built in a CubeSat bus, and each constellation consists of 28 satellites.
All instruments are powered by solar cells mounted on the spacecraft body, alon ...
CubeSat
A CubeSat is a class of miniaturized satellite based around a form factor consisting of cubes. CubeSats have a mass of no more than per unit, and often use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components for their electronics and structure. CubeSats ...
s aboard an
Antares 120 carrier rocket flying from
Pad 0B at the
Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) is a commercial space launch facility located at the southern tip of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island in Virginia, just east of the Delmarva Peninsula and south of Chincoteague, Virgi ...
on
Wallops Island
Wallops Island is a island in Accomack County, Virginia, part of the Virginia Barrier Islands that stretch along the eastern seaboard of the United States of America. It is just south of Chincoteague Island, a popular tourist destination.
W ...
. The launch was scheduled to occur in December 2013, but later was rescheduled to 9 January 2014 and occurred then. The satellite was deployed from the
International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA ( ...
via the
NanoRacks
Nanoracks LLC is a private in-space services companywhich builds space hardware and in-space repurposing tools.The company also facilitates experiments and launches of CubeSats to Low Earth Orbit.
Nanoracks's main office is in Houston, Texa ...
Cubesat Deployer on February 28, 2014. Three Lithuanian words will be broadcast from space "Lietuva myli laisvÄ™" (Lithuania loves freedom). Launch of satellites
Lituanica SAT-1 and LitSat-1 was broadcast live in Lithuania.
On 6 March 2014 the satellite radio station of
Kaunas University of Technology
Kaunas University of Technology (abbreviated as KTU, ) is a public research university located in Kaunas, Lithuania. Established in 1922, KTU has been one of the top centers of Lithuanian science education. According to Lithuanian National Univ ...
(KTU) established a two-way connection with LitSat-1 for the first time.
References
External links
Official website
2014 in Lithuania
Spacecraft launched in 2014
Satellites orbiting Earth
First artificial satellites of a country
Satellites of Lithuania
Student satellites
Satellites deployed from the International Space Station
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