Hi David,
these secondary payloads are also from Malaysia for educational purposes: InnoSAT and CubeSAT
CubeSAT was developed by ATSB, while the other, InnoSAT, was developed by Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Universiti Malaysia Perlis, both of which were funded by the ministry.
See also: http://space.skyrocket.de/index_frame.htm?http://www.skyrocket.de/space/doc_...
73s Peter DB2OS
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Hi all.
I see SpaceX is launching flight 5 next week. The main satellite is from Malaysia, but they are also launching 2 secondary payloads. - Anyone know what they are? I recall there was a secondary payload from a US University using 70cms that was bounced a while ago.
Thanks
David G0MRF
Preparations for Flight 5 of Falcon 1 are well underway at SpaceX. Flight 5 will loft an Earth observation satellite called RazakSAT into orbit for the Government of Malaysia, plus two secondary payloads that will deploy separately. SpaceX's Falcon 1 launch site lies approximately 5,000 miles away from Los Angeles, on Omelek Island, which is part of the United States Army Kwajalein Atoll. Omelek is nearly 2,500 miles southwest of Hawaii, and just 9.1 degrees north latitude, making it a great location for launching rockets. Currently, Flight 5 is scheduled for an April 21st launch which corresponds with April 20th in the US. _http://www.spacex.com/updates.php_ (http://www.spacex.com/updates.php) _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb