AAUSAT-4

Date of national registration: 15 November 2016

Registration information for AAUSAT-4

  • Operator: Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajersvej 5, DK-9220 Aalborg O
  • CVR/VAT-number: DK 29102384
  • National designator: 2016-DK-01
  • Location of launch: France, French Guyana
  • Date of launch (UTC): 25 April 2016 – 23:02
  • Launch vehicle: Soyuz – STA Fregat-M
  • Status: Not functional after 8 September 2023
  • Date of decay/reentry/deorbit: 8 September 2023
  • Basic orbital parameters:
    - Nodal period: 98,22 minutes
    - Inclination: 98,18 degrees
    - Apogee: 686 kilometres
    - Perigee: 442 kilometres

Generel function of space object:

Student satellite demonstrator. A modern replica of AAUSAT-3. The mission is one of three cubesats flown in ESA´s FYS (Fly Your Satellite) project. Two ways of communication and control was achieved. Damage of the antennas has prohibited the AIS payload to work correctly and communication to ground has been difficult.

  • Date of UN registration: 02 March 2017
  • Date of national registration: 15 November 2016