PW-Sat 1 [PW-Sat team]
Official name PW SAT
Alternative name PW-Sat 1
Cospar ID 2012-006G
Norad ID 38083
Launch date 2012-02-13
Launch site FRGUI
Launch vehicle Vega
Country/Organization Poland
Type application Technology
Operator Warsaw University of Technology, Polish Academy of Sciences (Space Research Centre)
RCS size SMALL
Decay date 2014-10-28
Shape Box + 1 Pan
Mass (kg) 1
Height (m) 0.1
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.1
Span (m^2) 1
Contractors Warsaw University of Technology, Polish Academy of Sciences (Space Research Centre)
Equipment deployable flexible solar array
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (1U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

PW-Sat 1 is the first polish nanosatellite. The CubeSat-based satellite is to deploy a flexible solar array in space.

PW-Sat 1 was orbited as a piggy-back payload on the maiden flight of the Vega launch vehicle. The satellite was successfully deployed in orbit. Signals were received from the satellite for few months but at some time the satellite's visibility times and communication module errors made it impossible to receive any correct signal.

PW-Sat 1 decayed from orbit on 28 October 2014.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
PW SAT 2012-006G 2012-02-13 FRGUI Vega with LARES, ALMASat 1, e-st@r, Goliat, MaSat 1, ROBUSTA, UniCubeSat-GG, XaTcobeo, LARES-A&H/SS