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DISCO-1

Date of national registration: 20 June 2023

Registration information for DISCO-1 satellite:

  • Operator: Aarhus University, Nordre Ringgade 1, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark
  • CVR-number: DK31119103
  • National designator: 2023-DK-02
  • UN designator: 2023-054AW
  • Location of launch: Vandenberg, USA / Momentus Vigoride-6
  • Date of launch (UTC): 15 April 2023, 06:47,00 / 17 May 2023, 22:19:50
  • Launch vehicle: Falcon 9, Transporter-7
  • Status: Still functional
  • Date of decay/reentry/deorbit: Expected 2026
  • Basic orbital parameters:
    - Nodal period: 94,6 minutes
    - Inclination: 97,4 degrees
    - Apogee: 515,8 km
    - Perigee: 494,5 km


General function of space object
DISCO-1 is a 1U student CubeSat hosting a UHF radio and a Coral Dev Board Mini single-board computer with a TPU coprocessor. The aim of the satellite is technology demonstration. The students will test the use of machine learning on the single-board microcomputer and conduct various other experiments, including using a small camera as a cosmic ray detector. It is also planned that the UHF radio should be offered as a digipeater service to the radio amateur community.

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Senest opdateret 23. juni 2024