ArduSat
CAD drawing of ArduSat | |
| Mission type | Citizen science |
|---|---|
| Operator | NanoSatisfi LLC |
| Website | Nanosatisfi.com |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | 1U CubeSat |
| Launch mass | 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 3 August 2013, 19:48:46 UTC |
| Rocket | H-IIB |
| Launch site | Tanegashima Y2 |
| Contractor | JAXA, NanoRacks |
| Deployed from | ISS |
| Deployment date | 19 November 2013, 12:18:00 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Epoch | Planned |
ArduSat is an Arduino based nanosatellite, based on the CubeSat standard. It contains a set of Arduino boards and sensors. The general public will be allowed to use these Arduinos and sensors for their own creative purposes while they are in space.
ArduSat is created by NanoSatisfi LLC, an aerospace company which in the words of Phil Plait has "the goal to democratize access to space" and was founded by 4 graduate students from the International Space University in 2012.
ArduSat is the first satellite which will provide such open access to the general public to space. It is one of several crowdfunded satellites launched during the 2010s. Currently the project evolved to the company Because Learning.