ICube 1 [IST]
Official name ICUBE 1
Alternative name ICUBE-1
Cospar ID 2013-066S
Norad ID 39432
Launch date 2013-11-21
Launch site OREN
Launch vehicle Dnepr
Country/Organization Pakistan
Type application Technology
Operator Institute of Space Technology (IST)
RCS size SMALL
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 95.94
Inclination (deg) 97.51
Perigee (km) 543
Apogee (km) 585
Eccentricity 0.0372340425531915
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.0093808630394
Semi-Major axis (km) 6942.135
Raan (deg) 110.0884
Arg of perigee (deg) 118.8157
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 1
Height (m) 0.1
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.1
Span (m^2) 0.1
Lifetime 3 months
Contractors Institute of Space Technology (IST)
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (1U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

The ICube-1 cubesat is an educational pico-satellite developed by the Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.

The satellite is an 1U CubeSat, carrying a low-resolution camera, a 3-axis magnetometer and several temperature sensors. The passive Attitude Control System consists of permanent magnets and hysteresis rods.

The satellite was originally planned to launch into Low Polar Earth Orbit on the maiden IOS Neptune launch vehicle. Due to the unavailability of the Neptune launch vehicle, it was deployed from the Italian UniSat 5 satellite after launch on a Dnepr booster.

The satellite was successfully deployed in orbit, but no signals were received.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
ICUBE 1 2013-066S 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, HumSat-D, PUCP-SAT 1, First-MOVE, UWE 3, VELOX P2, Pocket-PUCP, BeakerSat 1, QubeScout S1, $50SAT, Wren, BPA 3