QubeScout S1 [UMBC]
Official name QUBESCOUT-S1
Alternative name QubeScout-S1
Cospar ID 2013-066AD
Norad ID 39443
Launch date 2013-11-21
Launch site OREN
Launch vehicle Dnepr
Country/Organization USA
Type application Technology
Operator University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
RCS size SMALL
Decay date 2024-10-01
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 1
Height (m) 0.125
Width (m) 0.05
Depth (m) 0.125
Span (m^2) 0.125
Contractors University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
Propulsion None
Configuration PocketQube (2.5P)
Power Solar cells, batteries

QubeScout S1 is a FemtoSat built to the 2.5P PocketQube form factor (12.5 cm × 5 cm × 5 cm) designed and built by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).

It will Flight test fine sunsensor developed in UMBC LACO lab and determine the dynamic attitude of the QubeScout platform and will monitor the change in rotation of QubeScout as a function of changing moment of inertia during solar panel/ de-orbiter.

The satellite will be deployed from the Italian UniSat 5 satellite from a MR-FOD (Morehead Roma Femtosat Orbital Deployer) deployer after launch on a Dnepr booster.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
QUBESCOUT-S1 2013-066AD 2013-11-21 OREN Dnepr with DubaiSat 2, STSAT 3, WNISAT 1, SkySat 1, BRITE-PL, AprizeSat 7, AprizeSat 8, UniSat 5, Delfi-n3Xt, Dove 3, Dove 4, Triton 1, CINEMA 2, CINEMA 3, OPTOS, CubeBug 2, GOMX 1, NEE 02 Krysaor, FUNcube 1, HiNCube, ZACUBE 1, ICUBE 1, HumSat-D, PUCP-SAT 1, First-MOVE, UWE 3, VELOX P2, Pocket-PUCP, BeakerSat 1, $50SAT, Wren, BPA 3