Official name SNUGLITE
Alternative name SNUGLITE
Cospar ID 2018-099AC
Norad ID 43784
Launch date 2018-12-03
Launch site AFWTR
Launch vehicle Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
Country/Organization South Korea
Type application Technology
Operator Seoul National University
RCS size SMALL
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 95.66
Inclination (deg) 97.5
Perigee (km) 546
Apogee (km) 555
Eccentricity 0.00817438692098093
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.0533138197784
Semi-Major axis (km) 6928.635
Raan (deg) 188.327
Arg of perigee (deg) 89.1891
Shape Box + 1 Rod
Mass (kg) 2
Height (m) 0.2
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.1
Span (m^2) 0.4
Lifetime 3 months
Contractors Seoul National University
Equipment FIPEX
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (2U)
Power 2 deployable fixed solar arrays, solar cells, batteries

SNUGLITE is a South Korean 2U-CubeSat designed by the Seoul National University for technology demonstrations and amateur radio communication.

The mission of SNUGLITE is:

  • Space station for amateur radio communication training. Sends beacon signals using UHF band with GMSK modulation. Earth stations that have capability of receiving S-band will be able to receive S-band signals.
  • Technology demonstration of an in-house developed dual frequency GPS receiver.
  • Technology demonstration of measuring TEC and magnetic field using dual frequency GPS receiver and fine magnetometer with a boom.

The satellite was launched on Spaceflight Industry's SSO-A multi-satellite launch on a Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) rocket.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
SNUGLITE 2018-099AC 2018-12-03 AFWTR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with SkySat 14, 15, Eu:CROPIS, STPSat 5, FalconSat 6, NEXTSat 1, KazSTSAT, eXCITe, SeeMe, ICEYE X2, BlackSky 2, ESEO, Hawk A, B, C, Capella 1, AISTECHSAT 2, CSIM-FD, Hiber 2, ITASAT 1, Landmapper-BC 4, ORS 7A, 7B, Al-Farabi 2, Astrocast 0.1, Audacy 0, BRIO, Centauri 1, Eaglet 1, Enoch, Flock-3s 1, 2, 3, K2SAT, KazSciSat 1, MinXSS 2, Orbital Reflector, RAAF M1, SeaHawk 1, SNUSAT 2, THEA, VESTA, PW-Sat 2, VisionCube, RANGE A, B, Elysium-Star 2, ExseedSat 1, Fox 1C, Irvine 02, JY1-Sat, KNACKSAT, MOVE 2, SpaceBEE 5, 6, 7, Suomi-100, WeissSat 1, Sirion Pathfinder 2, OrbWeaver 1, 2, SPAWAR-CAL O, OR, R