Geoscan-Edelveis

First-ever private spacecraft from Saint Petersburg that was sent into orbit

Spacecraft‘s name Geoscan-Edelveis
NORAD ID 53385
Number in Russian Register 3605-2022-012
Call sign RS20S
Frequency 436.200 MHz 9600/19200 bps GFSK; 10492.000 MHz DATA
Standard size 3U
Weight 2,909 kg
Payload Gas engine
Function Platform and gas engine test
Design LLC Geoscan
Launch vehicle Soyuz-2.1b with the Fregat upper stage
Launch 09.08.22, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Deorbiting 18.02.24

Geoscan-Edelveis is the first-ever private spacecraft from Saint Petersburg. Over 1.5 years, it has been designed to test the Geoscan 3U platform, precisely the part which is responsible for power supply, communication and payload control; and also provides conditions for the equipment operation during the flight.

The Experimental Design Bureau «Fakel» designed the engine especially for the CubeSat standard. These engines are designed to remove small spacecrafts from the low Earth orbit after the end of their service life, which reduces the amount of space debris. The Geoscan-Edelveis satellite will show whether a compressed gas engine is suitable for these tasks.

The CubeSat was launched into space within the project Space-π of the Innovation Assistance Foundation with the support of the State Space Corporation «Roscosmos». The Glavcosmos company (the part of Roscosmos) organised the launch. The Airspace Capital company supplied launch canisters from which the project spacecrafts went.

launch 09.08.2022
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Launch vehicle:
Soyuz-2.1b with the Fregat upper stage
Cosmodrome: Baikonur

On orbit
1
8

months

18
0
9

days

09
1
2

hours

12
0
2

minutes

2
367 047 842 KM
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Talks
Geoscan-Edelveis
is designed
01
to test the Geoscan 3U platform in the space flight conditions;
02
to train school and university students in assembly of spacecrafts;
03
to provide data for radio amateurs’ theses;
04
to test the gas engine and the GNSS receiver in the space flight conditions.
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