Hoopoe [Herzliya Science Center]
Official name HOOPOE
Alternative name Hoopoe
Cospar ID 1998-067LZ
Norad ID 42718
Launch date 1998-11-20
Launch site TTMTR
Launch vehicle Atlas-5(401)
Country/Organization Israel
Type application Technology
Operator Space Laboratory of the Herzliya Science Center
RCS size SMALL
Decay date 2018-12-22
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 2
Height (m) 0.2
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.2
Span (m^2) 0.2
Lifetime 3 months
Contractors Space Laboratory of the Herzliya Science Center
Equipment mNLP
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (2U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

Hoopoe is an Israeli 2U-CubeSat constructed by the Space Laboratory of the Herzliya Science Center as part of the QB50 mission.

The purpose of this CubeSat includes upper atmosphere science, radio communication experiments, technology demonstrator, education, training and outreach.

As a payload for QB50, the satellite carries a multineedle Langmuir probe (mNLP) sampling the electron density of the space around it, Thermistors and a Magnetometer.

The satellite was launched with the bulk of the QB50 constellation to the ISS in 2017, from where the satellite was deployed on 18 May 2017.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
HOOPOE 1998-067LZ 1998-11-20 TTMTR Atlas-5(401) with Cygnus CRS-7, ALTAIR 1, SUSat, UNSW-EC0, i-INSPIRE 2, ZA-AeroSat, nSIGHT 1, Ex-Alta 1, LilacSat 1, NJUST 1, Aoxiang 1, SOMP 2, QBITO, Aalto 2, X-CubeSat, SpaceCube, DUTHSat, UPSat, LINK, SNUSAT 1, SNUSAT 1b, qbee50-LTU-OC, BeEagleSat, HAVELSAT, Phoenix, PolyITAN-2-SAU, QBUS 1, QBUS 2, QBUS 4, IceCube, CSUNSat 1, CXBN 2, KySat 3, SHARC, Lemur-2 30, ..., 33