PolyITAN 1 [ISIS]
Official name POLYITAN 1
Alternative name PolyITAN 1
Cospar ID 2014-033AJ
Norad ID 40042
Launch date 2014-06-19
Launch site OREN
Launch vehicle Dnepr
Country/Organization Ukraine
Type application Technology
Operator National Technical University of Ukraine ? KPI
RCS size SMALL
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 95.92
Inclination (deg) 98.06
Perigee (km) 554
Apogee (km) 572
Eccentricity 0.0159857904085258
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.0125104253545
Semi-Major axis (km) 6941.135
Raan (deg) 85.2892
Arg of perigee (deg) 294.8781
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 1
Height (m) 0.1
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.1
Span (m^2) 0.1
Contractors National Technical University of Ukraine ? KPI
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (1U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

PolyITAN-1 is a CubeSat designed and built by the National Technical University of Ukraine ? KPI in cooperation with the Ukrainian HAM radio community. The mission is to launch Ukrainian educational satellite build by KPI students and space exploration enthusiasts.

PolyITAN-1's mission targets are:

  • Develop, build, test, launch and operate a Ukrainian small satellite platform based on Cubesat standard.
  • Conduct mission experiments with following payloads: Sun sensor, attitude position and orientation system including system software and test on-board GLONASS/GPS navigation subsystem
  • Build ground segment infrastructure for satellite communication
  • Develop and test onboard and ground telecommunication software, implement telecommunication protocols
  • Establish cooperation between educational institute, space agency(s) and various government authorities, HAM radio community e.t.c.
Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
POLYITAN 1 2014-033AJ 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 2, Flock-1c 1, ..., 11, POPSAT-HIP 1, QB50P1, QB50P2, PACE, TigriSat, ANTELSAT, Lemur 1, NanoSatC-Br 1, Duchifat 1, DTUSat 2, AeroCube 6A, AeroCube 6B