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ZACube-1

Index ZACube-1

ZACube-1 (TshepisoSat), is a South African CubeSat that carries a high frequency beacon transmitter to be used for space weather research. [1]

14 relations: Cape Peninsula University of Technology, CubeSat, Dnepr (rocket), Dombarovsky Air Base, Geocentric orbit, High frequency, ISC Kosmotras, List of CubeSats, Low Earth orbit, Sotho language, South Africa, Space weather, SumbandilaSat, SUNSAT.

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Cape Peninsula University of Technology, a university in Cape Town, South Africa, is the only university of Technology in the Western Cape province, and is also the largest university in the province, with over 32,000 students.

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CubeSat

A CubeSat (U-class spacecraft) is a type of miniaturized satellite for space research that is made up of multiples of 10×10×10 cm cubic units.

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Dnepr (rocket)

The Dnepr rocket (translit; translit) is a space launch vehicle named after the Dnieper River.

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Dombarovsky Air Base

Dombarovsky (also given as Dombarovskiy and Tagilom) is a military airbase northwest of the village of Dombarovsky, near Yasny in Russia's Orenburg Oblast.

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Geocentric orbit

A geocentric orbit or Earth orbit involves any object orbiting Planet Earth, such as the Moon or artificial satellites.

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High frequency

High frequency (HF) is the ITU designation for the range of radio frequency electromagnetic waves (radio waves) between 3 and 30 megahertz (MHz).

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ISC Kosmotras

The International Space Company Kosmotras or ISC Kosmotras (ЗАО Международная космическая компания “Космотрас”) is a joint project, between Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan, established in 1997.

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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.

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Low Earth orbit

A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit around Earth with an altitude of or less, and with an orbital period of between about 84 and 127 minutes.

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Sotho language

Sotho (Sesotho; also known as Southern Sotho, or Southern Sesotho, Historically also Suto, or Suthu, Souto, Sisutho, Sutu, or Sesutu, according to the pronunciation of the name.) is a Southern Bantu language of the Sotho-Tswana (S.30) group, spoken primarily in South Africa, where it is one of the 11 official languages, and in Lesotho, where it is the national language.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Space weather

Space weather is a branch of space physics and aeronomy concerned with the time varying conditions within the Solar System, including the solar wind, emphasizing the space surrounding the Earth, including conditions in the magnetosphere, ionosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere.

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SumbandilaSat

SumbandilaSat (formerly ZASAT-002, AMSAT designation SO-67), is a South African micro earth observation satellite, launched on 17 September 2009 on a Soyuz-2 launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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SUNSAT

The Stellenbosch UNiversity SATellite is the first miniaturized satellite designed and manufactured in South Africa.

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TshepisoSat, ZACUBE-1.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZACube-1

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