First-ever private spacecraft from Saint Petersburg that was sent into orbit
Geoscan-Edelveis
| 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 | 09.08.22, Baikonur Cosmodrome |
| Launch vehicle | Soyuz-2.1b with the Fregat upper stage |
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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.
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