Suomi-100 [Aalto University]
Official name SUOMI100
Alternative name Suomi-100
Cospar ID 2018-099AY
Norad ID 43804
Launch date 2018-12-03
Launch site AFWTR
Launch vehicle Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
Country/Organization Finland
Type application Technology, ionospheric research
Operator Aalto University
RCS size SMALL
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 95.64
Inclination (deg) 97.53
Perigee (km) 537
Apogee (km) 562
Eccentricity 0.0227479526842584
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.0564617314931
Semi-Major axis (km) 6927.635
Raan (deg) 185.5582
Arg of perigee (deg) 90.8791
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 1
Height (m) 0.1
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.1
Span (m^2) 0.1
Lifetime 2 years
Contractors Aalto University, GOMSpace
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (1U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

Suomi-100 is a 1U-CubeSat mission built by the Aalto University of Aalto, Finland and GOMSpace to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Finland in 2017 by inspiring general public and testing new technologies.

The satellite?s payload is a wide-view high detail camera built by GOMSpace and a low frequency receiver developed by students of Aalto University, many of which have radio amateur background. The payload, especially the radio instrument, will test new CubeSat instrument technology. The instrument is expected to detect dynamical features e.g. aurorae in the Earth?s ionosphere. The satellite makes also technological tests of how to optimize the usage of multi-instrument observations in a single CubeSat and how to downlink initially large data set by using relatively low data rate UHF and S-band links.

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
SUOMI100 2018-099AY 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, SNUGLITE, VisionCube, RANGE A, B, Elysium-Star 2, ExseedSat 1, Fox 1C, Irvine 02, JY1-Sat, KNACKSAT, MOVE 2, SpaceBEE 5, 6, 7, WeissSat 1, Sirion Pathfinder 2, OrbWeaver 1, 2, SPAWAR-CAL O, OR, R