Official name PERSEUS M1
Alternative name Perseus-M 1
Cospar ID 2014-033AF
Norad ID 40039
Launch date 2014-06-19
Launch site OREN
Launch vehicle Dnepr
Country/Organization Russia, USA
Type application Traffic monitoring
Operator Canopus Systems US → Aquila Space
RCS size MEDIUM
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 96.65
Inclination (deg) 97.91
Perigee (km) 589
Apogee (km) 607
Eccentricity 0.0150501672240803
Mean motion (revs. per day) 14.8991205380238
Semi-Major axis (km) 6976.135
Raan (deg) 55.5903
Arg of perigee (deg) 335.2708
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 10
Height (m) 0.3
Width (m) 0.2
Depth (m) 0.3
Span (m^2) 0.3
Lifetime 1 year
Contractors Dauria Aerospace, Canopus Systems US
Equipment AIS-receiver
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (6U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

The Perseus-M satellites are small maritime surveillance satellites developed by Canopus Systems US, an US American independent affiliate of the Russian Dauria Aerospace.

The Perseus-M satellites are built as pathfinder satellites to the CubeSat (6U) standard and feature an Automatic Identification System (AIS) receiver provided by LuxSpace similar to Dauria's DX 1 prototype satellite. Originally an imaging payload was planned.

Dauria and Canopus Systems also planned to launch eight optical Perseus-O earth observation satellites in late 2015, but this was cancelled.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
PERSEUS M2 2014-033AD 2014-06-19 OREN Dnepr with Deimos 2, KazEOSat 2, Saudisat 4, TabletSat-Aurora, BugSat 1, AprizeSat 9, AprizeSat 10, UniSat 6, BRITE-CA 1, BRITE-CA 2, Hodoyoshi 3, Hodoyoshi 4, Perseus-M 1, Perseus-M 1, Flock-1c 1, ..., 11, POPSAT-HIP 1, QB50P1, QB50P2, PACE, TigriSat, ANTELSAT, Lemur 1, NanoSatC-Br 1, Duchifat 1, PolyITAN 1, DTUSat 2, AeroCube 6A, AeroCube 6B
PERSEUS M1 2014-033AF 2014-06-19 OREN Dnepr with Deimos 2, KazEOSat 2, Saudisat 4, TabletSat-Aurora, BugSat 1, AprizeSat 9, AprizeSat 10, UniSat 6, BRITE-CA 1, BRITE-CA 2, Hodoyoshi 3, Hodoyoshi 4, Perseus-M 2, Flock-1c 1, ..., 11, POPSAT-HIP 1, QB50P1, QB50P2, PACE, TigriSat, ANTELSAT, Lemur 1, NanoSatC-Br 1, Duchifat 1, PolyITAN 1, DTUSat 2, AeroCube 6A, AeroCube 6B