NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 2021-022P
UniSat 7 is a technology satellite built at GAUSS Srl. It is intended to test customer equipment under space conditions and to deploy Cubesats and PocketQubes in orbit.
The UniSat-7 features a new octagonal prism satellite platform built from reinforced aluminum and carbon honeycomb panels. It is 3-axis stabilized. Power is provided by body-mounted solar panels.
It will be employed to test and verify GAUSS original Research on Astrodynamics, RF, Optics, ADCS, AOCS and Space Debris detection. UNISAT-7 will host a Radioamateur payload and TLM will be open for anyone to be downloaded and decoded. The satellite will host Technology payloads for Earth Observation based on COTS and open-source HW.
A wide angle camera is on board to acquire imagery of the deployment sequence and a nadir facing camera to image the earth. It also features the experimental REGULUS nano propulsion system.
Launch Date: 2021-03-22
Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan
Mass: 32 kg
Questions and comments about this spacecraft can be directed to: Coordinated Request and User Support Office