DIDO 1 [SpacePharma]
Official name DIDO 2
Alternative name Dido-2
Cospar ID 2017-008BE
Norad ID 42000
Launch date 2017-02-15
Launch site SRI
Launch vehicle PSLV-XL
Country/Organization Israel, Switzerland
Type application Micro-gravity research
Operator SpacePharma
RCS size SMALL
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 91.48
Inclination (deg) 97.14
Perigee (km) 344
Apogee (km) 350
Eccentricity 0.00864553314121038
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.7411456055969
Semi-Major axis (km) 6725.135
Raan (deg) 189.2654
Arg of perigee (deg) 235.4554
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 4.2
Height (m) 0.3
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.1
Span (m^2) 0.3
Contractors ISIS, SpacePharma
Equipment mGnify lab
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (3U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

The DIDO satellites are 3U CubeSat satellites for micro-gravity rersearch designed by the Israeli / Swiss company SpacePharma.

The satellites contain the mGnify miniaturized end-to-end lab, that can be remote controlled from anywhere. The mGnify unit can perform experiments on bacterial growth, antibiotics resistance, self-assembly, enzymatic reactions, polymerization, nanoparticle synthesis, particle aggregation dynamics, emulsion stability and crystallization.

The first satellite, DIDO 1 was originally to fly on a multi satellite mission on a Falcon-9 v1.2 rocket in 2016. The current plans for this satellite are unknown.

The second mission, DIDO 2 or Chen Jiayong 1, carried experiments from a collaboration between Spacepharma Israel Ltd, CAS IPE, Spacety China Ltd, and the Institute of Mechanics. It was originally manifested on a Dnepr rocket. As the availability of Dnepr had become doubtful, it has now been moved to a bulk CubeSat launch on an Indian PSLV-XL. The launch in February 2017 was successful.

A third mission, DIDO 3, was ordered in 2018 as an improved version.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
DIDO 2 2017-008BE 2017-02-15 SRI PSLV-XL with Cartosat 2D, INS 1A, INS 1B, Flock-3p 1, ..., 88, Lemur-2 22, ..., 29, BGUSat, PEASSS, Al-Farabi 1, Nayif 1