Official name UWE-4
Alternative name UWE-4
Cospar ID 2018-111E
Norad ID 43880
Launch date 2018-12-27
Launch site VOSTO
Launch vehicle Soyuz-2-1a Fregat
Country/Organization Germany
Type application Technology
Operator Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, TU Dresden
RCS size SMALL
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 95.47
Inclination (deg) 97.61
Perigee (km) 529
Apogee (km) 554
Eccentricity 0.023084025854109
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.0832722321148
Semi-Major axis (km) 6919.635
Raan (deg) 32.0274
Arg of perigee (deg) 150.5805
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 1
Height (m) 0.1
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.1
Span (m^2) 0.1
Contractors Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, TU Dresden
Propulsion NanoFEEP propulsion system
Configuration CubeSat (1U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

The Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg's UWE-4 (University of Würzburg's Experimental) satellite will demonstrate the application of electric propulsion for attitude and orbit control in the 1U CubeSat class by employing the NanoFEEP (Nano Field Effect Electric Propulsion) thrusters developed by TU (Technical University) Dresden.

UWE 4 was launched in 2018 on a Russian Soyuz-2-1a Fregat rocket into a solar synchronous orbit.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
UWE-4 2018-111E 2018-12-27 VOSTO Soyuz-2-1a Fregat with Kanopus-V 5, Kanopus-V 6, GRUS 1A, Flock-3k 1, ..., 12, Lemur-2 88, ..., 95, D-Star ONE iSat, D-Star ONE Sparrow, ZACUBE 2, Lume 1, Dummy, SAMSON-Dummy 1, 2, 3