In-Orbit Commissioning of Czech Nanosatellite VZLUSAT-1 for the QB50 Mission with a Demonstrator of a Miniaturised Lobster-Eye X-Ray Telescope and Radiation Shielding Composite Materials
- NázevTitle
- In-Orbit Commissioning of Czech Nanosatellite VZLUSAT-1 for the QB50 Mission with a Demonstrator of a Miniaturised Lobster-Eye X-Ray Telescope and Radiation Shielding Composite MaterialsIn-Orbit Commissioning of Czech Nanosatellite VZLUSAT-1 for the QB50 Mission with a Demonstrator of a Miniaturised Lobster-Eye X-Ray Telescope and Radiation Shielding Composite Materials
- Druh výsledkuResult type
- Článek v časopiseJournal article
- AutořiAuthors
- V. Dániel, A. Inneman, I. Veřtát, T. Báča, O. Nentvich, M. Urban, V. Stehlíková, L. Sieger, P. Skala, R. Filgas, V. Zadražil, R. Linhart, J. Masopust, T. Jamroz, L. Pína, V. Maršíková, L. Mikulíčková, E. Belas, S. Pospíšil, Z. Vykydal, Y. Mora, R. Pavlica
- DOIDOI
- 10.1007/s11214-019-0589-7
- Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
- Space Science Reviews. 2019, 215 ISSN 0038-6308.
- RokYear
- 2019
- JazykLanguage
- eng
- WoSWoS
- 000474487700002
- ScopusScopus
- 2-s2.0-85068576265
- RIVRIV
- RIV/68407700:21230/19:00332026!RIV20-GA0-21230___
- ProjektProject
- Vývoj algoritmů pro rentgenové monitorování oblohy s optikou Račí oko a detektorem TimepixDevelopment of algorithms for X-ray all-sky monitoring with Lobster Eye optics and Timepix detector.; Rentgenový monitor račí oko“Lobster Eye X-Ray Monitor
AbstraktAbstract
This paper presents the results of in-orbit commissioning of the first Czech technological CubeSat satellite of VZLUSAT-1. The 2U nanosatellite was designed and built during the 2013 to 2016 period. It was successfully launched into Low Earth Orbit of 505 km altitude on June 23, 2017, as part of international mission QB50 onboard a PSLV C38 launch vehicle. The satellite was developed in the Czech Republic by the Czech Aerospace Research Centre, in cooperation with Czech industrial partners and universities. The nanosatellite has three main payloads. The housing is made of a composite material which serves as a structural and radiation shielding material. A novel miniaturized X-Ray telescope with lobster-eye optics and an embedded Timepix detector represents the CubeSat’s scientific payload. The telescope has a wide field of view. VZLUSAT-1 also carries the FIPEX scientific instrument as part of the QB50 mission for measuring the molecular and atomic oxygen concentration in the upper atmosphere.
This paper presents the results of in-orbit commissioning of the first Czech technological CubeSat satellite of VZLUSAT-1. The 2U nanosatellite was designed and built during the 2013 to 2016 period. It was successfully launched into Low Earth Orbit of 505 km altitude on June 23, 2017, as part of international mission QB50 onboard a PSLV C38 launch vehicle. The satellite was developed in the Czech Republic by the Czech Aerospace Research Centre, in cooperation with Czech industrial partners and universities. The nanosatellite has three main payloads. The housing is made of a composite material which serves as a structural and radiation shielding material. A novel miniaturized X-Ray telescope with lobster-eye optics and an embedded Timepix detector represents the CubeSat’s scientific payload. The telescope has a wide field of view. VZLUSAT-1 also carries the FIPEX scientific instrument as part of the QB50 mission for measuring the molecular and atomic oxygen concentration in the upper atmosphere.