DIDO 1 [SpacePharma]
Official name DIDO 2
Alternative name Dido-2
Cospar ID 2017-008BE
Norad ID 42000
Launch date 2017-02-15
Launch site SRI
Launch vehicle PSLV-XL
Country/Organization Israel, Switzerland
Type application Micro-gravity research
Operator SpacePharma
RCS size SMALL
Decay date 2024-07-12
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 4.2
Height (m) 0.3
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.1
Span (m^2) 0.3
Contractors ISIS, SpacePharma
Equipment mGnify lab
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (3U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

The DIDO satellites are 3U CubeSat satellites for micro-gravity rersearch designed by the Israeli / Swiss company SpacePharma.

The satellites contain the mGnify miniaturized end-to-end lab, that can be remote controlled from anywhere. The mGnify unit can perform experiments on bacterial growth, antibiotics resistance, self-assembly, enzymatic reactions, polymerization, nanoparticle synthesis, particle aggregation dynamics, emulsion stability and crystallization.

The first satellite, DIDO 1 was originally to fly on a multi satellite mission on a Falcon-9 v1.2 rocket in 2016. The current plans for this satellite are unknown.

The second mission, DIDO 2 or Chen Jiayong 1, carried experiments from a collaboration between Spacepharma Israel Ltd, CAS IPE, Spacety China Ltd, and the Institute of Mechanics. It was originally manifested on a Dnepr rocket. As the availability of Dnepr had become doubtful, it has now been moved to a bulk CubeSat launch on an Indian PSLV-XL. The launch in February 2017 was successful.

A third mission, DIDO 3, was ordered in 2018 as an improved version.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
DIDO 2 2017-008BE 2017-02-15 SRI PSLV-XL with Cartosat 2D, INS 1A, INS 1B, Flock-3p 1, ..., 88, Lemur-2 22, ..., 29, BGUSat, PEASSS, Al-Farabi 1, Nayif 1