Official name OUFTI-1
Alternative name OUFTI 1
Cospar ID 2016-025C
Norad ID 41458
Launch date 2016-04-25
Launch site FRGUI
Launch vehicle Soyuz-ST-A Fregat-M
Country/Organization Belgium
Type application Technology
Operator Université de Liège
RCS size SMALL
Decay date 2024-03-14
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 1
Height (m) 0.1
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.1
Span (m^2) 0.1
Contractors Université de Liège; Pumpkin, Inc. (bus)
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (1U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

OUFTI 1 (Orbital Utility For Telecommunications / Technology Innovations 1) is a 1U CubeSat built by students of the Université de Liège. OUFTI-1 will be the first satellite to test the use of the D-STAR communication protocol in space. Another experiment that will fly aboard OUFTI-1 is an innovative electrical power system proposed by Thales Alenia Space ETCA.

OUFTI 1 is one of the educational CubeSats chosen for Phase 1 and 2 of ESA's ?Fly Your Satellite!? initiative.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
OUFTI-1 2016-025C 2016-04-25 FRGUI Soyuz-ST-A Fregat-M with Sentinel 1B, MICROSCOPE, AAUSAT 4, e-st@r 2