Official name BCCSAT-1
Alternative name BCCSAT-1
Cospar ID 2021-022AK
Norad ID 48041
Launch date 2021-03-22
Launch site TTMTR
Launch vehicle Soyuz-2-1a Fregat
Country/Organization Thailand
Type application Technology
Operator Bangkok Christian College
RCS size SMALL
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 93.37
Inclination (deg) 97.47
Perigee (km) 436
Apogee (km) 443
Eccentricity 0.00796359499431172
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.4225125843419
Semi-Major axis (km) 6817.635
Raan (deg) 34.7045
Arg of perigee (deg) 211.0861
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 1
Height (m) 0.1
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.1
Span (m^2) 0.1
Contractors Bangkok Christian College
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (1U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

The Thai BCCSAT 1 (Bangkok Christian College Satellite) is a 1U CubeSat educational multi-spectral Cubesat developed by the cooperation between Bangkok Christian College and the King?s Mongkut university of technology north Bangkok.

BCCSAT-1 is a technology demonstration satellite in Thailand. High school students in Bangkok Cristian College in collaboration with King Mongkut?s University of Technology (KMUTNB) and the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST) are building the satellite. The project aims to build capacity on systems engineering, space education, and radio communication technology to students. During the project, students will learn about communication technology through amateur radio activities. It also encourages other interested people to receive the satellite signal.

The main missions of BCCSAT-1 include:

  • testing in-house developed satellite transceiver and antenna in orbit
  • experiment of Slow-Scan Digital Video (SSDV) transmission from the satellite
  • take pictures of Earth by cameras onboard satellite

BCCSAT-1 carries four cameras onboard the satellite and aim to capture images of the Earth in different wavelengths: red, green, blue, NIR band.

It will be launched in March 2021 and will be deployed from the UniSat 7 satellite.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
BCCSAT-1 2021-022AK 2021-03-22 TTMTR Soyuz-2-1a Fregat with CAS500 1, ELSA-d Servicer, ELSA-d Client, GRUS 1B, ..., 1E, Najm 1, DMSat 1, UniSat 7, FEES, DIY 1, SMOG 1, STECCO, SAMSON 1, 2, 3, Kepler 6, 7, NanoSatC-Br 2, KMSL, CANYVAL-C 1, 2, BeeSat 5, ..., 8, Hiber 3, CubeSX-HSE, CubeSX-Sirius-HSE, Orbicraft-Zorkiy, WildTrackCube-SIMBA, GRBAlpha, 3B5GSAT, LacunaSat 2b, ChallengeOne, KSU-Cubesat