This 1st of September, when the eclipse occurred, UniSat6 was able to take a picture of the eclipse over Africa at 07:58:14 UTC. As the Moon passed between the Earth and the Sun, the satellite photographed the event from its LEO orbit at an altitude of 686.5 km with its onboard camera. Not only GAUSS […]
UniSat-6 is turning two! Two years have passed since the successful launch of the sixth satellite of the UniSat series, on the 19th of June 2014, from Yasny site onboard a Dnepr-1 rocket. Its mission accomplished, UniSat-6 is still giving its builders solid hints on how a small-sized satellite should work and showing the satellites community what can […]
One year has passed since the successful launch of UniSat-6 into space: UniSat-6 rocketed into orbit on 19th of June 2014 from the Yasny launch site onboard a Dnepr-1 rocket. Since then, the satellite is keeping on its adventure in space, while enduring its communication with the GAUSS ground station in Rome. UniSat-6 in figures To date, UniSat-6 […]
During the solar eclipse that took place last 20th of March, UniSat-6 passed very close (around 1600km) from the totality. UniSat-6 monitored the event with its onboard sensors. The eclipse’s effect was obvious on the satellite: it has been clearly visible from both the thermal and electricity generation points of view. Concerning the thermal aspect, […]
UniSat-6 is able to make a 1FPS low resolution video (160px wide) while spinning. On this page the videos of UniSat-6 will be made public: VIDEO 1: 27th of July 2014 starting at 9:22 UTC This video was taken by the UNISAT-6 satellite on the 27th of July 2014 starting at around 9:22 UTC. […]
Pictures taken by UniSat-6 in orbit. Click on the pictures to make zoom:
