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ESTCube-1
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Mission type Technology
Operator University of Tartu
Website http://www.estcube.eu/en/home
Mission duration 12 months
Spacecraft properties
Launch mass 1.048 kilograms (2.31 lb)
Dry mass 1.048 kilograms (2.31 lb)
Power 3.6W
Start of mission
Launch date 7 May 2013, 02:06:31 (2013-05-07UTC02:06:31Z) UTC
Rocket Vega flight VV02
Launch site Kourou ELA-1
Contractor ESA
End of mission
Deactivated 17 Feb 2015, 10:27:00 (2015-02-17UTC10:27Z) UTC
Last contact 19 May 2015
Decay date 2038*estimated
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee 665 km
Apogee 665 km
Inclination 98.129 degrees
Period 98.03 minutes

ESTCube-1 is the first satellite from Estonia. It was made as part of the Estonian Student Satellite Program, and was launched on 7 May 2013 on a Vega rocket. The satellite is a project in which university and high-school students took part. The CubeSat standard for nanosatellites was followed while it was built, resulting in a 10x10x11.35 cm cube, with a volume of 1 liter and a mass of 1.048 kg.

ESTCube-1 was put into orbit by Arianespace, using a Vega rocket which took off from ELA-1 at Kourou at 02:06:31 UTC on 7 May 2013 at a height of 670 kilometres.

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