SwampSat [UFL]
Official name SWAMPSAT
Alternative name SwampSat
Cospar ID 2013-064Y
Norad ID 39402
Launch date 2013-11-20
Launch site WLPIS
Launch vehicle Minotaur-1
Country/Organization USA
Type application Technology
Operator University of Florida (UFL)
RCS size SMALL
Decay date 2015-12-13
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 1
Height (m) 0.1
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.1
Span (m^2) 0.1
Contractors University of Florida (UFL)
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (1U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

SwampSat is a student-developed nanosat mission of the University of Florida (UFL) in Gainesville, FL, USA.

The goal of the project is to test advanced CMGs (Control Moment Gyroscopes) designed for smallsats to increase the capabilities and hence the utility of CubeSats. The satellite demonstrated on-orbit precision three axes attitude control using a pyramidal configuration of CMGs. The satellite is designed around the 1U CubeSat form factor and the architecture is subsystem based.

SwampSat was manifested on the ORS 3 / ELaNa-4 launch, a Minotaur-1 rocket flight out of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Island, VA. It was successfully launched on 20 November 2013 and successfully deployed in orbit, but no signals were received.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
SWAMPSAT 2013-064Y 2013-11-20 WLPIS Minotaur-1 with STPSat 3, ORS 3, ORSES, ORS Tech 1, ORS Tech 2, SENSE 1, SENSE 2, Ho`oponopono 2, Firefly, STARE B, Prometheus 1.1, ..., 1.8, Black Knight 1, NPS-SCAT, COPPER, ChargerSat 1, TJ3Sat, Trailblazer 1, Vermont Lunar Cubesat, CAPE 2, DragonSat 1, KySat 2, PhoneSat v2.4