Snap 1

Means Surrey Nanosatellite Applications Platform, also called Uosat Mts 1

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General

Designation	26386 / 00033C
Launch date	28 Jun 2000
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Mission	Technology
Perigee/Apogee	685/704 km, sun-synchronous
Inclination	98°
Period	98.7 min
Launch vehicle	Cosmos C
Launch site	Plesetsk

Built and operated by SSTL. worth $3 million

Carries as secondary payload the NewStar, a nano-payload owned by DBS Industries. This mission is also known as E-sat 1 with the FCC and LEOTELCOM-2 with ITU.

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External resources

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	SSTL
Platform
Mass at launch	6.5 kg
Mass in orbit
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime

Carries advanced micro-miniature GPS navigation, camera technology, onboard computing, propulsion and attitude control technologies.

The satellite will also experiment rende-vous with Tsinghua with an inter-satellite link.

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