Ncube 1, 2

Ncube 1

The Norwegian Student Satellite Project Ncube (Norwegian Cubesat) aims to design, build, integrate, test and launch a small satellite in order to provide students in Norwegian educational institutions with:

hands-on experience with a real satellite mission
multidisciplinary collaboration
space project experience

To stimulate:

Interest in science
Increased competence in space technology among students and educational institutions
Co-operation between educational institutions and industry
Co-operation and exchange of knowledge between institutions in the north and in the south

By ensuring:

Support and guidance from in-house expertise
Support from expertise in related Norwegian industry and research establishments
Testing by rocket launch or balloon mission, and in facilities available throughout Norway

Ncube 2 was launched on 27.10.2005 on a Kosmos-3M launch vehicle onboard of the SSETI-Express satellite, but was most likely not deployed. The launch of Ncube 1 on 26.07.2006 was not successful, as the Dnepr-1 failed 86 sec after launch.

Nation:	Norway
Type / Application:	Technology
Operator:
Contractors:
Equipment:
Configuration:	CubeSat
Propulsion:
Lifetime:
Mass:	1 kg
Orbit:

Satellite	Date	LS		Launcher	Remarks:
Ncube 1	26.07.2006	TB LC-109/95	F	Dnepr-1	with BelKa 1, Baumanets 1, Unisat 4, PicPot, CP 1, CP 2, HAUSAT 1, ICECube 1, ICECube 2, ION, KUTESat-Pathfinder, Mea Huaka'i, MEROPE, Rincon 1, SACRED, SEEDS, AeroCube 1
Ncube 2	27.10.2005	Pl LC-132/1	p	Kosmos-3M	with TopSat 1, China-DMC+4, Mozhayets 5, Sinah 1, SSETI-Express, UWE 1, XI 5, Rubin 5-ASOLANT

Source: NCUBE website