Libertad 1
Libertad 1 | |
Operator | Sergio Arboleda University |
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Website | Libertad 1 Space Program |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | April 17, 2007 |
Rocket | Dnepr |
Launch site | Baikonur 109/95 |
Contractor | ISC Kosmotras |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Libertad 1 (English: Freedom 1) is a single CubeSat built by the Space Program of the Sergio Arboleda University in Colombia. It was launched aboard a Dnepr rocket on April 17, 2007 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan and became the first Colombian satellite to orbit the Earth. It used a telemetric payload to keep it in communication with the University. It was expected to have a 50-day lifespan, however news reports two years after it was launched stated the satellite was still working and sending information, passing over Colombia twice a day.
Team
- Team Leader : Raúl A. Joya & iván Luna Castro
- C&DH Developer : Andres Alfonso Caro
- COMM & Telemetry Developer : Cesar Fernando Valero Sepulveda
- Attitude Determination : Paul Nuñez
- PCBs : Miguel Ariza
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