39417 - ZACUBE-1 (TSHEPISOSAT)

The South African ZACUBE 1 (South Africa CubeSat-1) or TshepisoSat is a student-developed 1U CubeSat of CPUT (Cape Peninsula University of Technology), Cape Town, South Africa. Its main payload is a high frequency (HF) beacon transmitter that will be used to help characterize the Earth's ionosphere and to calibrate SANSA's (South African National Space Agency) auroral radar installation at the SANAE-IV base in Antarctica.

Development of ZACUBE-1 commenced in early 2011. ZACUBE-1's ADCS was developed in a collaboration between F'SATI and ESL (Electronic System's Laboratory) at Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2013-11-21
Launch Vehicle: Dnepr
Launch Site: Yasni, Russia