ÑuSat 1 [Satellogic]
Official name NUSAT-19 (ROSALIND)
Alternative name NuSat 19
Cospar ID 2021-059AC
Norad ID 48905
Launch date 2021-06-30
Launch site AFETR
Launch vehicle Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
Country/Organization Argentina
Type application Earth observation
Operator Satellogic S.A.
RCS size MEDIUM
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 92.97
Inclination (deg) 97.59
Perigee (km) 416
Apogee (km) 423
Eccentricity 0.00834326579261025
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.4888673765731
Semi-Major axis (km) 6797.635
Raan (deg) 281.6789
Arg of perigee (deg) 154.2054
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 37
Height (m) 0.75
Width (m) 0.4
Depth (m) 0.4
Span (m^2) 0.75
Lifetime 3-4 years
Contractors Satellogic S.A.
Equipment Imaging payload (all), LUSEX U/V linear transponder payload (#1)
Propulsion None
Power Solar cells, batteries

The Argentinean ÑuSat earth observation satellites form the Aleph-1 constellation developed and operated by Satellogic S.A.

The satellites in the constellation are identical 51 cm × 57 cm × 82 cm spacecraft of 37.5 kg mass. The satellites are equipped with an imaging system operating in visible light and infrared. The constellation will allow for commercially available real-time Earth imaging and video with a ground resolution of 1 m. The satellites were developed based on the experience gained on the BugSat 1 (Tita) prototype satellite.

An U/V transponder with 2 W of output power for 8 GHz downlink and 2 GHz uplink will be operating on 100 kHz bandwidth. For backup telemetry, designers are considering UHF transponder operating at 9k6 GFSK.

Additionally, ÑuSat-1 carries a U/V linear transponder called LUSEX provided by AMSAT Argentina (AMSAT-LU) to offer services to the HAM community.

The Aleph-1 constellation will initially consist of up to 90 satellites for weekly world remaps with the intention of ultimately having daily world remaps with approximately 300 satellites.

Government of Albania contracted with Satellogic S.A. under the Constellation-as-a-Service model to provide Albania with responsive satellite imagery capabilities across its sovereign territory. Albania will have priority access to two satellites, which will be named Albania 1 and 2.

  • The first two satellites, ÑuSat 1 and 2 were launched as piggy-back payloads on a Chinese CZ-4B rocket in April 2016 from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center into a 500 km sun synchronous orbit with an inclination of 97.5°.
  • The third, ÑuSat 3, followed in 2017 also as piggy-back payloads on a Chinese CZ-4B rocket.
  • Another pair, ÑuSat 4 and 5 were launched in early 2018 as piggy-back payloads on a Chinese CZ-2D (2) rocket.
  • Two more, ÑuSat 7 and 8 were launched in January 2020 also as piggy-back payloads on a Chinese CZ-2D (2) rocket.
  • ÑuSat 6 followed in September 2020 on a multi-satellite launch on a Vega rocket.
  • ÑuSat 9 - 18 additional satellites were launched in November 2020 on a dedicated CZ-6 rocket.
  • ÑuSat 19 - 22 will be launched in July 2021 on the Transporter-2 rideshare mission on a Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
  • The remaining satellites of the initial 90-satellite constellation will be launched on a mix of different launch vehicles, with Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) being the primary launch vehicle.

ÑuSat 1 and 2 were the Mark I prototypes. ÑuSat 3 was Mark II. ÑuSat 4 and 5 were Mark III. Beginning with ÑuSat 6, the Mark IV iteration was introduced, although ÑuSat 7 and 8 were launched before ÑuSat 6. On 1 April 22, (ÑuSat 27 ?) is the first Mark V satellite was launched.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
NUSAT 1 2016-033B 2016-05-30 TSC CZ-4B with ZY-3 02, ÑuSat 2
NUSAT 2 2016-033C 2016-05-30 TSC CZ-4B with ZY-3 02, ÑuSat 1
NUSAT-3 2017-034C 2017-06-15 JSC CZ-4B with HXMT, Zhuhai-1 OVS 1A, Zhuhai-1 OVS 1B
NUSAT 4 2018-015D 2018-02-02 JSC CZ-2D (2) with Zhangheng 1, ÑuSat 5, GOMX 4A, GOMX 4B, FengMaNiu 1, Shaonian Xing
NUSAT 5 2018-015K 2018-02-02 JSC CZ-2D (2) with Zhangheng 1, ÑuSat 4, GOMX 4A, GOMX 4B, FengMaNiu 1, Shaonian Xing
NUSAT-7 (SOPHIE) 2020-003B 2020-01-15 TSC CZ-2D (2) with Jilin-1 Kuanfu-01, ÑuSat 8, Tianqi 5
NUSAT-8 (MARIE) 2020-003C 2020-01-15 TSC CZ-2D (2) with Jilin-1 Kuanfu-01, ÑuSat 7, Tianqi 5
NUSAT-6 HYPATIA 2020-061A 2020-09-03 FRGUI Vega with Athena, ION-SCV 1, ESAIL, UPMSat 2, NEMO-HD, GHGSat C1, Flock-4v 1, ..., 26, Lemur-2 112, ..., 119, SpaceBEE 10, ..., 21, FSSCat A, B, NAPA 1, TARS, EG 2, OSM 1 CICERO, DIDO 3, PICASSO, SIMBA, TRISAT, AMICal-Sat, TTÜ100
NUSAT-12 DOROTHY 2020-079A 2020-11-06 TSC CZ-6 with ÑuSat 9, ..., 18, Beihangkongshi 1, Tianyan 05, BY 3
NUSAT-9 ALICE 2020-079B 2020-11-06 TSC CZ-6 with ÑuSat 9, ..., 18, Beihangkongshi 1, Tianyan 05, BY 3
NUSAT-11 CORA 2020-079C 2020-11-06 TSC CZ-6 with ÑuSat 9, ..., 18, Beihangkongshi 1, Tianyan 05, BY 3
NUSAT-15 KATHERINE 2020-079D 2020-11-06 TSC CZ-6 with ÑuSat 9, ..., 18, Beihangkongshi 1, Tianyan 05, BY 3
NUSAT-14 HEDY 2020-079E 2020-11-06 TSC CZ-6 with ÑuSat 9, ..., 18, Beihangkongshi 1, Tianyan 05, BY 3
NUSAT-10 CAROLINE 2020-079F 2020-11-06 TSC CZ-6 with ÑuSat 9, ..., 18, Beihangkongshi 1, Tianyan 05, BY 3
NUSAT-13 EMMY 2020-079G 2020-11-06 TSC CZ-6 with ÑuSat 9, ..., 18, Beihangkongshi 1, Tianyan 05, BY 3
NUSAT-17 MARY 2020-079J 2020-11-06 TSC CZ-6 with ÑuSat 9, ..., 18, Beihangkongshi 1, Tianyan 05, BY 3
NUSAT-18 VERA 2020-079K 2020-11-06 TSC CZ-6 with ÑuSat 9, ..., 18, Beihangkongshi 1, Tianyan 05, BY 3
NUSAT-16 LISE 2020-079P 2020-11-06 TSC CZ-6 with ÑuSat 9, ..., 18, Beihangkongshi 1, Tianyan 05, BY 3
NUSAT-20 (GRACE) 2021-059AU 2021-06-30 AFETR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with Starlink v1.5 R1-1, ..., R1-3, Umbra-SAR 2001, YAM 2, YAM 3, ÑuSat 19, ..., 22, ICEYE X11, X12, X13, X15, TUBIN, Mandrake 2A, 2B, Capella 5, GNOMES 2, LINCS 1, 2, PACE 1, TROPICS 01, D2/AtlaCom 1, EG 3, Centauri 4, Lemur-2 140, ..., 145, SpaceBEE 88, ..., 111, SpaceBEENZ 7, ..., 10, Sherpa-FX 2, Lynk 06, Hawk 3A, 3B, 3C, Astrocast 0201, ..., 0205, Painani 2, Sherpa-LTE 1, Tenzing, Aurora, Arthur 1, Faraday Phoenix, KSF 1A, ..., 1D, Tiger 2, ION-SCV 003, NAPA 2, Spartan, Neptuno, W-Cube, Ghalib, QMR-KWT
NUSAT-22 (SOFYA) 2021-059AS 2021-06-30 AFETR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with Starlink v1.5 R1-1, ..., R1-3, Umbra-SAR 2001, YAM 2, YAM 3, ÑuSat 19, ..., 22, ICEYE X11, X12, X13, X15, TUBIN, Mandrake 2A, 2B, Capella 5, GNOMES 2, LINCS 1, 2, PACE 1, TROPICS 01, D2/AtlaCom 1, EG 3, Centauri 4, Lemur-2 140, ..., 145, SpaceBEE 88, ..., 111, SpaceBEENZ 7, ..., 10, Sherpa-FX 2, Lynk 06, Hawk 3A, 3B, 3C, Astrocast 0201, ..., 0205, Painani 2, Sherpa-LTE 1, Tenzing, Aurora, Arthur 1, Faraday Phoenix, KSF 1A, ..., 1D, Tiger 2, ION-SCV 003, NAPA 2, Spartan, Neptuno, W-Cube, Ghalib, QMR-KWT
NUSAT-21 (ELISA) 2021-059AT 2021-06-30 AFETR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with Starlink v1.5 R1-1, ..., R1-3, Umbra-SAR 2001, YAM 2, YAM 3, ÑuSat 19, ..., 22, ICEYE X11, X12, X13, X15, TUBIN, Mandrake 2A, 2B, Capella 5, GNOMES 2, LINCS 1, 2, PACE 1, TROPICS 01, D2/AtlaCom 1, EG 3, Centauri 4, Lemur-2 140, ..., 145, SpaceBEE 88, ..., 111, SpaceBEENZ 7, ..., 10, Sherpa-FX 2, Lynk 06, Hawk 3A, 3B, 3C, Astrocast 0201, ..., 0205, Painani 2, Sherpa-LTE 1, Tenzing, Aurora, Arthur 1, Faraday Phoenix, KSF 1A, ..., 1D, Tiger 2, ION-SCV 003, NAPA 2, Spartan, Neptuno, W-Cube, Ghalib, QMR-KWT
NUSAT-19 (ROSALIND) 2021-059AC 2021-06-30 AFETR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with Starlink v1.5 R1-1, ..., R1-3, Umbra-SAR 2001, YAM 2, YAM 3, ÑuSat 19, ..., 22, ICEYE X11, X12, X13, X15, TUBIN, Mandrake 2A, 2B, Capella 5, GNOMES 2, LINCS 1, 2, PACE 1, TROPICS 01, D2/AtlaCom 1, EG 3, Centauri 4, Lemur-2 140, ..., 145, SpaceBEE 88, ..., 111, SpaceBEENZ 7, ..., 10, Sherpa-FX 2, Lynk 06, Hawk 3A, 3B, 3C, Astrocast 0201, ..., 0205, Painani 2, Sherpa-LTE 1, Tenzing, Aurora, Arthur 1, Faraday Phoenix, KSF 1A, ..., 1D, Tiger 2, ION-SCV 003, NAPA 2, Spartan, Neptuno, W-Cube, Ghalib, QMR-KWT
NUSAT-26 (M SOMERVILLE) 2022-033AD 2022-04-01 AFETR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with with EnMAP, ÑuSat 23, ..., 27, GNOMES 3, Hawk 4A, 4B, 4C, Lynk 05, ION-SCV 005, KSF 2A, ..., 2D, PlantSat, SUCHAI 2, SUCHAI 3, MP42, ARCSAT, Spark 1, Pixxel-TD 2, BRO 7, AlfaCrux, BDSAT, SpaceBEE 128, ..., 139
NUSAT-24 (KALPANA CHAWIA 2022-033X 2022-04-01 AFETR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with with EnMAP, ÑuSat 23, ..., 27, GNOMES 3, Hawk 4A, 4B, 4C, Lynk 05, ION-SCV 005, KSF 2A, ..., 2D, PlantSat, SUCHAI 2, SUCHAI 3, MP42, ARCSAT, Spark 1, Pixxel-TD 2, BRO 7, AlfaCrux, BDSAT, SpaceBEE 128, ..., 139
NUSAT-27 (SALLY RIDE) 2022-033R 2022-04-01 AFETR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with with EnMAP, ÑuSat 23, ..., 27, GNOMES 3, Hawk 4A, 4B, 4C, Lynk 05, ION-SCV 005, KSF 2A, ..., 2D, PlantSat, SUCHAI 2, SUCHAI 3, MP42, ARCSAT, Spark 1, Pixxel-TD 2, BRO 7, AlfaCrux, BDSAT, SpaceBEE 128, ..., 139
NUSAT-25 (MARIA TELKES) 2022-033Q 2022-04-01 AFETR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with with EnMAP, ÑuSat 23, ..., 27, GNOMES 3, Hawk 4A, 4B, 4C, Lynk 05, ION-SCV 005, KSF 2A, ..., 2D, PlantSat, SUCHAI 2, SUCHAI 3, MP42, ARCSAT, Spark 1, Pixxel-TD 2, BRO 7, AlfaCrux, BDSAT, SpaceBEE 128, ..., 139
NUSAT-23 (ANNIE MAUNDER) 2022-033M 2022-04-01 AFETR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with with EnMAP, ÑuSat 23, ..., 27, GNOMES 3, Hawk 4A, 4B, 4C, Lynk 05, ION-SCV 005, KSF 2A, ..., 2D, PlantSat, SUCHAI 2, SUCHAI 3, MP42, ARCSAT, Spark 1, Pixxel-TD 2, BRO 7, AlfaCrux, BDSAT, SpaceBEE 128, ..., 139
NUSAT-29 (EDITH CLARKE) 2022-057AJ 2022-05-25 AFETR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with Umbra 03, ICEYE X17, ..., X20, X24, ÑuSat 28, ..., 31, GHGSat C3, C4, C5, Hawk 5A, 5B, 5C, CICERO-2 1, 2, Sherpa-AC 1, ION-SCV 006, Guardian 1, SBUDNIC, Vigoride 3, SelfieSat, FossaSat 2E7, ..., 2E13, Veery FS-1, Urdaneta-Armsat 1, Spark 2, AMS, CNCE 4, 5, Platform 1, BroncoSat 1, Foresail 1, Planetum 1, SPiN 1, Connecta T1.1, Centauri 5, Sejong 1, Lemur-2 153, ..., 156, VariSat 1C, PTD 3, CPOD A, B, OMD 1
NUSAT-28 (ALICE LEE) 2022-057R 2022-05-25 AFETR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with Umbra 03, ICEYE X17, ..., X20, X24, ÑuSat 28, ..., 31, GHGSat C3, C4, C5, Hawk 5A, 5B, 5C, CICERO-2 1, 2, Sherpa-AC 1, ION-SCV 006, Guardian 1, SBUDNIC, Vigoride 3, SelfieSat, FossaSat 2E7, ..., 2E13, Veery FS-1, Urdaneta-Armsat 1, Spark 2, AMS, CNCE 4, 5, Platform 1, BroncoSat 1, Foresail 1, Planetum 1, SPiN 1, Connecta T1.1, Centauri 5, Sejong 1, Lemur-2 153, ..., 156, VariSat 1C, PTD 3, CPOD A, B, OMD 1
NUSAT-30 (MARGHERITA) 2022-057S 2022-05-25 AFETR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with Umbra 03, ICEYE X17, ..., X20, X24, ÑuSat 28, ..., 31, GHGSat C3, C4, C5, Hawk 5A, 5B, 5C, CICERO-2 1, 2, Sherpa-AC 1, ION-SCV 006, Guardian 1, SBUDNIC, Vigoride 3, SelfieSat, FossaSat 2E7, ..., 2E13, Veery FS-1, Urdaneta-Armsat 1, Spark 2, AMS, CNCE 4, 5, Platform 1, BroncoSat 1, Foresail 1, Planetum 1, SPiN 1, Connecta T1.1, Centauri 5, Sejong 1, Lemur-2 153, ..., 156, VariSat 1C, PTD 3, CPOD A, B, OMD 1
NUSAT-31 (RUBY PAYNE-S) 2022-057W 2022-05-25 AFETR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with Umbra 03, ICEYE X17, ..., X20, X24, ÑuSat 28, ..., 31, GHGSat C3, C4, C5, Hawk 5A, 5B, 5C, CICERO-2 1, 2, Sherpa-AC 1, ION-SCV 006, Guardian 1, SBUDNIC, Vigoride 3, SelfieSat, FossaSat 2E7, ..., 2E13, Veery FS-1, Urdaneta-Armsat 1, Spark 2, AMS, CNCE 4, 5, Platform 1, BroncoSat 1, Foresail 1, Planetum 1, SPiN 1, Connecta T1.1, Centauri 5, Sejong 1, Lemur-2 153, ..., 156, VariSat 1C, PTD 3, CPOD A, B, OMD 1
NUSAT-42 (M WONENBURGER) 2023-084AL 2023-06-12 AFWTR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with W-Series 1, Skykraft Deployer 3, Skykraft 3A, ..., 3D, ICEYE X23, X25, X26, X30, GHOSt 3, Grégoire, Runner 1, Tomorrow R2, QPS-SAR 6, ÑuSat 40, ..., 43, Aces 1, ..., 4, HOTSAT 1, AFR, DROID.001, MuSat 1, ION-SCV 011, Outpost Mission 1, EPICHyper 2, Kelpie 2, Spei Satelles, ELO 4, MRC-100, Unicorn 2I, SATLLA 2I, URESAT 1, Istanbul, ROM 2, Orbiter SN3, Otter Pup, MDQSAT 1C, 1D, Pleiades-Squared, GEI-SAT Precursor, XVI, AII-Delta, Ayris 1, 2, EIVE, FOREST 2, Lemur-2 167, 168, MISR-A 1, MISR-B 2, Tiger 4, FOSSASat FEROX 1, ..., 4, SpaceBEE 168, ..., 179
NUSAT-43 (R DIENG-KUNTZ) 2023-084AN 2023-06-12 AFWTR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with W-Series 1, Skykraft Deployer 3, Skykraft 3A, ..., 3D, ICEYE X23, X25, X26, X30, GHOSt 3, Grégoire, Runner 1, Tomorrow R2, QPS-SAR 6, ÑuSat 40, ..., 43, Aces 1, ..., 4, HOTSAT 1, AFR, DROID.001, MuSat 1, ION-SCV 011, Outpost Mission 1, EPICHyper 2, Kelpie 2, Spei Satelles, ELO 4, MRC-100, Unicorn 2I, SATLLA 2I, URESAT 1, Istanbul, ROM 2, Orbiter SN3, Otter Pup, MDQSAT 1C, 1D, Pleiades-Squared, GEI-SAT Precursor, XVI, AII-Delta, Ayris 1, 2, EIVE, FOREST 2, Lemur-2 167, 168, MISR-A 1, MISR-B 2, Tiger 4, FOSSASat FEROX 1, ..., 4, SpaceBEE 168, ..., 179
NUSAT-40 (C SHOEMAKER) 2023-084M 2023-06-12 AFWTR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with W-Series 1, Skykraft Deployer 3, Skykraft 3A, ..., 3D, ICEYE X23, X25, X26, X30, GHOSt 3, Grégoire, Runner 1, Tomorrow R2, QPS-SAR 6, ÑuSat 40, ..., 43, Aces 1, ..., 4, HOTSAT 1, AFR, DROID.001, MuSat 1, ION-SCV 011, Outpost Mission 1, EPICHyper 2, Kelpie 2, Spei Satelles, ELO 4, MRC-100, Unicorn 2I, SATLLA 2I, URESAT 1, Istanbul, ROM 2, Orbiter SN3, Otter Pup, MDQSAT 1C, 1D, Pleiades-Squared, GEI-SAT Precursor, XVI, AII-Delta, Ayris 1, 2, EIVE, FOREST 2, Lemur-2 167, 168, MISR-A 1, MISR-B 2, Tiger 4, FOSSASat FEROX 1, ..., 4, SpaceBEE 168, ..., 179
NUSAT-41 (C PAYNE-G) 2023-084N 2023-06-12 AFWTR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with W-Series 1, Skykraft Deployer 3, Skykraft 3A, ..., 3D, ICEYE X23, X25, X26, X30, GHOSt 3, Grégoire, Runner 1, Tomorrow R2, QPS-SAR 6, ÑuSat 40, ..., 43, Aces 1, ..., 4, HOTSAT 1, AFR, DROID.001, MuSat 1, ION-SCV 011, Outpost Mission 1, EPICHyper 2, Kelpie 2, Spei Satelles, ELO 4, MRC-100, Unicorn 2I, SATLLA 2I, URESAT 1, Istanbul, ROM 2, Orbiter SN3, Otter Pup, MDQSAT 1C, 1D, Pleiades-Squared, GEI-SAT Precursor, XVI, AII-Delta, Ayris 1, 2, EIVE, FOREST 2, Lemur-2 167, 168, MISR-A 1, MISR-B 2, Tiger 4, FOSSASat FEROX 1, ..., 4, SpaceBEE 168, ..., 179