TurkSat-3USat [ITÜ]
Official name TURKSAT 3U
Alternative name Turksat-3USat
Cospar ID 2013-018C
Norad ID 39152
Launch date 2013-04-26
Launch site JSC
Launch vehicle CZ-2D (2)
Country/Organization Türkiye (Turkey)
Type application Technology, communication
Operator Istanbul Technical University (ITÜ)
RCS size MEDIUM
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 96.86
Inclination (deg) 97.83
Perigee (km) 597
Apogee (km) 619
Eccentricity 0.0180921052631579
Mean motion (revs. per day) 14.866818087962
Semi-Major axis (km) 6986.135
Raan (deg) 216.4877
Arg of perigee (deg) 127.9546
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 6
Height (m) 0.3
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.3
Span (m^2) 0.3
Contractors Istanbul Technical University (ITÜ)
Equipment ITÜ, ISIS (bus)
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (3U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

TurkSat-3USat is a communication 3U-cubesat built by the Istanbul Technical University (ITÜ), Istanbul, Türkiye (Turkey) as a follow-up project to ITÜ-pSat 1.

The payload of the TurkSat is a VHF/UHF transponder to be used for voice communication. Additionally, a small camera is also included. A deorbiting system is also designed to deorbit the satellite following its end-of-life to comply with the current CubeSat standard and United Nations regulations. The nanosatellite has sufficient volume for all the systems with full redundancy. Both in-house developed systems based on COTS components and readily available commercial CubeSat systems are used together to achieve redundancy.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
TURKSAT 3U 2013-018C 2013-04-26 JSC CZ-2D (2) with Gaofen 1, CubeBug 1, NEE 01 Pegaso