NEE-02 ''Krysaor'' is an Ecuadorian technology demonstration satellite, and Ecuador's second satellite launched to space. Built by the
Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency
The Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency (EXA; es, Agencia Espacial Civil Ecuatoriana) is a private Ecuadorian organization founded in 2007 that conducts research on space and planetary sciences. It is a non-profit non-governmental organization with ...
(EXA), it is a single-unit
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 ...
nanosatellite
A small satellite, miniaturized satellite, or smallsat is a satellite of low mass and size, usually under . While all such satellites can be referred to as "small", different classifications are used to categorize them based on mass. Satellites ca ...
.
''Krysaor'' is a Pegasus-class spacecraft, a "twin" of Ecuador's first satellite,
NEE-01 ''Pegaso''.
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
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List of CubeSats
The following is a list of CubeSats, nanosatellites used primarily by universities for research missions, typically in low Earth orbits. Some CubeSats became their country's first national satellite. The extensivNanosatellite and CubeSat Databas ...
References
External links
''Krysaor'' official website
CubeSats
Science and technology in Ecuador
Spacecraft launched in 2013
2013 in Ecuador
Spacecraft launched by Dnepr rockets
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