e-st@r
Sign in to savee-st@r (Educational Satellite @ Politecnico di Torino) was a miniaturised satellite built by the Politecnico di Torino. It was a 1U CubeSat design with a 10 cm side and a mass not exceeding 1.33 kg.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- artificial satellite of the Earth
- Country
- Italy
- Operator
- Polytechnic University of Turin
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Parent body
- Earth
- Orbital period
- 98.47
- Designed by
- Polytechnic University of Turin
- Image
- E-st@r-II before launch.jpg
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- space launch vehicle
- Vega
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2012-02-13
- start point
- Ensemble de Lancement Vega
- orbital inclination
- 71
- periapsis
- 302
- apoapsis
- 1082
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Launch and deployment
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- References
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e-st@r (Educational Satellite @ Politecnico di Torino) was a miniaturised satellite built by the Politecnico di Torino. It was a 1U CubeSat design with a 10 cm side and a mass not exceeding 1.33 kg.
== Launch and deployment == In 2006 the Polytechnic University of Turin had tried to put one of its satellites into orbit (PiCPoT), but the Dnepr launcher used exploded a few seconds after the start and destroyed itself.
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