Światowid (satellite)
Poland's first fully commercial satellite, built by SatRevolution.
Światowid was a 2U Polish cubesat developed by the firm SatRevolution. It was Poland's first fully commercial satellite.
Quick Facts
- Operator
- SatRevolution
- Mission duration
- 20 months 11 days
- Launch mass
- 2 kg / 4.41 lb
- Launched
- 17 April 2019, 20:46:07
- Launch rocket
- Antares Cygnus NG-11
- Launch site
- Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport P0A
- Launch contractor
- Northrop Grumman
- Last contact
- 14 March, 2021
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Did You Know?
- Światowid was launched alongside another Polish cubesat, Kraksat, from Jagiellonian University.
- It was deployed from the NanoRacks dispenser mounted on the Kibō module of the ISS.
- The satellite spent 20 months and 11 days in space before burning up in Earth's atmosphere.
Development
The satellite's primary payload was an experimental earth observation system intended to monitor water quality, smog and forest fires. Its chassis was 3D printed from an aluminium alloy, and the entire satellite was constructed in Wrocław. SatRevolution announced the satellite on September 15, 2016, having been founded on 27 June 2016, and stated that the project aimed to draw attention to Poland's growing satellite manufacturing sector. The satellite initially sought a Falcon 9 rideshare launch in 2017, then a Neptune N3 launch with a Poly Picosatellite Orbital Deployer in 2018, before shifting to a Cygnus with deployment from the International Space Station by October 2018.
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