39152 - TURKSAT-3USAT

TurkSat-3USat is a communication 3U-cubesat built by the Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Istanbul, Turkey as a follow-up project to ITU-pSat 1. The payload of the TurkSat is a VHF/UHF transponder to be used for voice communication. A small camera is also included.

A deorbiting system is also designed to deorbit the satellite following its end-of-life to comply with the current CubeSat standard and United Nations regulations. The nanosatellite has sufficient volume for all the systems with full redundancy.

Both in-house developed systems based on COTS components, and readily available commercial CubeSat systems, are used together to achieve redundancy.

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2013-04-26
Launch Vehicle: Long March 2D
Launch Site: Jiuquan, Peoples Republic of China
Mass: 4.0 kg