AAUSAT-4

Date of national registration: 15 November 2016

Registration information for AAUSAT-4

  • Operator: Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajersvej 5, DK-9220 Aalborg O
  • CVR/VAT-number: DK 29102384
  • National designator: 2016-DK-01
  • Location of launch: France, French Guyana
  • Date of launch (UTC): 25 April 2016 – 23:02
  • Launch vehicle: Soyuz – STA Fregat-M
  • Status: Still functional
  • Date of decay/reentry/deorbit: Expected 2019
  • Basic orbital parameters:
    - Nodal period: 98,22 minutes
    - Inclination: 98,18 degrees
    - Apogee: 686 kilometres
    - Perigee: 442 kilometres

Generel function of space object:

Student satellite demonstrator. A modern replica of AAUSAT-3. The mission is one of three cubesats flown in ESA´s FYS (Fly Your Satel- lite) project. Two ways of communication and control was achieved. Damage of the antennas has prohibited the AIS payload to work correctly and communication to ground has been difficult.

  • Date of UN registration: 02 March 2017
  • Date of national registration: 15 November 2016