QB50P1 [ISIS]
Official name QB50P1
Alternative name QB50P1
Cospar ID 2014-033R
Norad ID 40025
Launch date 2014-06-19
Launch site OREN
Launch vehicle Dnepr
Country/Organization Belgium
Type application Technology, thermospheric research
Operator von Karman Institute
RCS size SMALL
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 96.07
Inclination (deg) 98.04
Perigee (km) 565
Apogee (km) 576
Eccentricity 0.00964066608238387
Mean motion (revs. per day) 14.9890704694494
Semi-Major axis (km) 6948.635
Raan (deg) 81.9029
Arg of perigee (deg) 326.1461
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 2
Height (m) 0.2
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.2
Span (m^2) 0.2
Contractors ISIS
Equipment INMS, Thermocouple experiment, AMSAT-NL 435/145 MHz linear transponder
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (2U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

QB50P1 is one of two precursor satellites for the QB50 project, which demonstrates the possibility of launching a network of 50 CubeSats built by Universities Teams all over the world as a primary payload on a low-cost launch vehicle to perform first-class science in the largely unexplored lower thermosphere.

QB50P1 is a 2U-CubeSat built on a structure delivered by ISIS to test the Set 1 (INMS) payload.

The following payloads were integrated into the ISIS satellite platforms:

  • INMS Payload from MSSL, UK
  • QB50 ADCS system from SSC, UK
  • Thermocouple experiment from VKI, Belgium
  • AMSAT-NL 435/145 MHz linear transponder (FUNcube-3) from AMSAT-NL, The Netherlands

After reaching orbit, the satellite received the additional radio amateur name EO 79 (European OSCAR 79).

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
QB50P1 2014-033R 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, QB50P2, PACE, TigriSat, ANTELSAT, Lemur 1, NanoSatC-Br 1, Duchifat 1, PolyITAN 1, DTUSat 2, AeroCube 6A, AeroCube 6B