QB50P2 [ISIS]
Official name QB50P2
Alternative name QB50P2
Cospar ID 2014-033Y
Norad ID 40032
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) 95.48
Inclination (deg) 98.04
Perigee (km) 535
Apogee (km) 549
Eccentricity 0.0129151291512915
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.0816925010473
Semi-Major axis (km) 6920.135
Raan (deg) 116.6335
Arg of perigee (deg) 57.4878
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 FIPEX, Thermocouple experiment, AMSAT-Fr 435/145 MHz FM voice 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.

QB50P2 is a 2U-CubeSat built on a structure delivered by ISIS to test the Set 2 (FIPEX) payload.

The following payloads were integrated into the ISIS satellite platforms:

  • FIPEX (Flux-Φ-Probe Experiment) Payload, University of Dresden, Germany
  • QB50 ADCS system from SSC, UK
  • Thermocouple experiment from VKI, Belgium
  • AMSAT-Fr 435/145 MHz FM voice transponder from AMSAT Francophone, France

After reaching orbit, the satellite received the additional radio amateur name EO 80 (European OSCAR 80).

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