NANOSAT 1B, a testbed for the Spanish space agency, was launched on a Dnepr rocket from Baikonur on 2009 July 29 at 18:46 UT. The 50-cm diameter, 22-kg satellite will demonstrate basic space technologies.

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2009-07-29
Launch Vehicle: Dnepr
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan