KrakSat [SatRevolution]
Official name KRAKSAT
Alternative name KRAKsat
Cospar ID 1998-067QM
Norad ID 44427
Launch date 1998-11-20
Launch site TTMTR
Launch vehicle Antares-230
Country/Organization Poland
Type application Technology, education
Operator AGH University of Science and Technology, SatRevolution S.A.
RCS size SMALL
Decay date 2022-01-17
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 1.374
Height (m) 0.1
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.1
Contractors AGH University of Science and Technology, SatRevolution S.A. (bus)
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (1U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

KrakSat is a Polish Cubesat for education and technologies developed by the AGH University of Science and Technology and SatRelvolution.

It is an 1U CubeSat developed by students of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków. It is built using SR-NANO-BUS provided by SatRevolution. The mission is to assess the feasibility of a ferrofluid-based attitude control system - a reaction wheel designed by members of Student Research Group "Integra" at AGH University of Science and Technology.

Via a contract with NanoRacks the satellite was on board Cygnus CRS-11 and was released from ISS on 3 June 2019.

After deployment, it suffered from a steadily decreasing battery voltage, leading to multiple re-boots per orbit. It also suffered from a software issue in the secondary radio link.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
KRAKSAT 1998-067QM 1998-11-20 TTMTR Antares-230 with Cygnus CRS-11, VCC A, B, C, Bird JPN, Bird LKA, Bird NPL, IOD-GEMS, SpooQy 1, Światowid, AeroCube 10A, AeroCube 10B, SASSI2, Seeker, EntrySat, ThinSat 1A, ..., 1L