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Satellite Detail - NCube-2

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NCube-2

Spacecraft Summary

International Designator:	2003-043H	Norad Number:	28897
Common Name:	NCube-2	Satellite Type:	Cubesat
Launch Date:	27 October, 2005	Launch Location:	Plesetsk MSC
Launch Vehicle:	Kosmos-3M	Apogee:	706.00
Perigee:	683.00	Inclination:	98.17
Period:	98.66	Dimensions:	10x10x10cm
Weight:	1.000 Kg
Organization:	University of Oslo (and others)

Frequency Information


Mode TLM Beacon: Non-Operational
Downlink	437.5050 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS

Current Keplerian Elements

NCube-2
1 28897U 05043H   09325.47880457  .00000150  00000-0  40591-4 0    55
2 28897  98.0368 211.3968 0016478 214.0972 145.9179 14.59998010208979

Detailed Description

Note: nCube-2 is listed in Space-Track as SSETI-Express Deb(ris).

After a successful launch of SSETI Express and NCube-2, the groundstations in Narvik and at Svalbard did not receive any confirmed signal from NCUBE-2, 14 days into the mission. With no reports from radio amateurs establishing contact either, it seems that the satellite is not sending any signals or is somehow prevented from doing so.

On 22 December 2006 SpaceTrack observed a new object near SSETI Express and assigned it the number 28897. It is assumed (but not confirmed) that this is NCube-2.