TJcubesat

Also written TJ³sat

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General

Designation	39385 / 13064F
Launch date	20 Nov 2013
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Technology
Perigee/Apogee	495 km
Inclination	40.5°
Period	94.4 min
Launch vehicle	Minotaur #15

First satellite built by a high school.

Developed, built and tested by students from the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia. The program started in December 2006 and involved 50 students.

Volunteers from Orbital helped the students and Orbital provided technical assistance.

The payload is a phonetic voice synthesiser that converts strings of text to voice. Once converted, the voice is transmitted back to Earth.

Downlink: 437.320 MHz
Uplink: 145.98 MHz

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End of life

Decay

17 Sep 2015

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External resources

http://www.tjhsst.edu/students/activities/tj3sat/

sat-index articles

n2yo.com tracking

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor
Platform	1U cubesat
Mass at launch
Dry mass	0.89 kg
Dimension	10x10x11 cm
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power	3 W
Design lifetime	6 months

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