UWE-2 (University Würzburg's Experimental satellite 2) was a follow-on

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technology demonstration project within the

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family standard, developed and built by students of the

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. The overall objective is to demonstrate the capabilities of attitude determination and control in picosatellites.

Mission

Developed by the

, its scientific objectives are: * tests of methods and algorithms for attitude determination * optimisation of internet protocol parameters, in order to adapt to the specific space environment.

Launch

On 23 September 2009, at 06:21

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, UWE-2 was launched by a

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(PSLV) launch vehicle (PSLV-C14) together with

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and three further CubeSats in a polar orbit at 720 km altitude. Successful operations could be initiated. Use of SPL (Single Picosatellite Launcher) of Astro und Feinwerktechnik Adlershof GmbH (

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), Germany, for the deployment of the CubeSats. UWE-2 followed the earlier

UWE-1 UWE-1 (Universität Würzburg's Experimentalsatellit-1) was one of three CubeSats built by students of the University of Würzburg, launched on 27 October 2005 as part of the European Space Agency's SSETI Express mission from Plesetsk in Russi ...

. UWE-3 is also planned.

References

External links

UWE-2 homepage

Uni-Satellit UWE-2 erfolgreich gestartet
Gunnar Bartsch, Stabsstelle Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, 23 September 2009
information on UWE-3
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Mission

Launch

See also

References

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