AAUSAT-5

Date of national registration: 15 November 2016

Registration information for AAUSAT-5:

  • Operator: Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajersvej 5, DK-9220 Aalborg O
  • CVR/VAT-number: DK 29102384
  • National designator: 2015-DK-01
  • Location of launch: Japan, USA
  • Date of launch (UTC): 05 October 2015 – 13:55
  • Launch vehicle: Kounotori 5 (HTV-5) + ISS deployment
  • Status: Not functional after 15 March 2016
  • Date of decay/reentry/deorbit: 15 March 2016
  • Basic orbital parameters:
    - Nodal period: 92,69 minutes
    - Inclination: 51,65 degrees
    - Apogee: 416 kilometres
    - Perigee: 409 kilometres

Generel function of space object

Student satellite demonstrator. AAUSAT-5 is a modernized replica of AAUSAT3 upon request from ESA. It was an invited launch as part of the first Danish astronaut – Andreas Mogensen – and his mission to ISS. Launched from Japan in cargo module HTV-5 to ISS on 19 August 2015. Deployed from a Nanoracks deployer on ISS on 5 October 2015.

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