InQube

InQube is a 1U technology demonstration satellite, and is also the first open-source satellite of India.[1][2][3][4] It is designed and built by Paradox Sonic Space Research Association. InQube's mission is to prove the efficiency of a COTS powered satellite bus in the low earth orbit.

InQube
Render of InQube
NamesBoseSat, NikolaSat-1
Mission typeExperimental Science
OperatorParadox Sonic Space Research Association
Websitehttps://inqube.pssrindia.in
Mission duration2 years (planned)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type1U CubeSat
Launch mass1.3 kg
Dimensions10cm cube
Orbital parameters
RegimeSun-synchronous orbit
Altitude500 km
 

The satellite was said to be launched in December 2022 by the Indian Space Research Organisation.[1]

Mission

The primary mission of InQube is to prove the accessibility of space to the masses through both demonstration of a COTS powered CubeSat and educational outreach through the philosophy of open source.[5]

To further the primary mission, InQube is meant to record various space weather parameters of magnetosphere and understand the in-orbit inertial conditions onboard the bus through the demonstration of a passive attitude control method.[6]

Funding

The development and launch of this satellite is funded by Mercatus Center and Amateur Radio Digital Communications.[7][8]

References
  1. "India's first open-source satellite 'InQube' to be launched this month". ANI News. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  2. Service, Tribune News. "Class 12 Jammu student to launch nano-satellite with help of ISRO". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  3. "Open-Source Satellite (E)". India Science. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  4. "जम्मू के छात्र ने विकसित किया ओपन सोर्स सैटेलाइट". 28 June 2022.
  5. Kulu, Erik. "InQube @ Nanosats Database". Nanosats Database. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  6. Ahead, News Desk Kashmir (2023-01-20). "12th class boy from Jammu develops India's Open-Source Satellite 'InQube' - Kashmir Ahead". Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  7. Cowen, Tyler (2021-09-19). "Emergent Ventures India, new winners, third Indian cohort". Marginal REVOLUTION. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  8. "Grant: Development of Universal Small Satellite Platform for Near-Space and Suborbital Space Applications | Amateur Radio Digital Communications". Retrieved 2023-02-02.
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