BRAC Onnesha
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BRAC Onnesha was the first nanosatellite built in Bangladesh to be launched into space. The satellite was designed and built in conjunction with Kyushu Institute of Technology Birds-1 program, which has the goal of helping countries build their first satellite. It was designed and built over a two-year period.
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Names | Bird BB |
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Mission type | Technology demonstration Earth observation |
Operator | BRAC University |
COSPAR ID | 1998-067MX |
SATCAT no. | 42823 |
Mission duration | 24 months (planned) 21 months, 28 days (achieved) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | 1U CubeSat |
Manufacturer | BRAC University |
Launch mass | 1 kg |
Dimensions | 10 x 10 x 10 cm |
Power | watts |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 3 June 2017, 21:07:38 UTC[1] |
Rocket | Falcon 9 FT, CRS-11 |
Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39A |
Contractor | SpaceX |
Deployed from | Nanoracks CubeSat Deployer |
Deployment date | 7 July 2017, 08:51 UTC |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 6 May 2019 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[2] |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Perigee altitude | 395.5 km |
Apogee altitude | 406.2 km |
Inclination | 51.64° |
Period | 92.57 minutes |
Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Satellite |
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The satellite had imaging capabilities and could transmit songs to Earth that were uploaded to its memory. It was launched on a Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station on 3 June 2017, after which it was released from the Kibō module. The satellite completed an orbit once every 92 minutes. The satellite deorbited on 6 May 2019.