AubieSat-1

AubieSat-1
Mission type	Technology
Operator	Auburn University
COSPAR ID	2011-061E
SATCAT no.	37854
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer	Auburn University
Start of mission
Launch date	October 28, 2011, 09:48:02 (2011-10-28UTC09:48:02Z) UTC[1]
Rocket	Delta II 7920-10C
Launch site	Vandenberg SLC-2W
Contractor	United Launch Alliance
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	452 kilometers (281 mi)
Apogee altitude	750 kilometers (470 mi)
Inclination	101.71 degrees
Period	96.58 minutes
Epoch	July 6, 2014, 01:17:55 UTC[2]

AubieSat-1 (OSCAR-71) is a CubeSat designed, built, and tested by undergraduate students at Auburn University. It was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base October 28, 2011 atop a Delta II rocket. This was a multi-payload mission with five other CubeSats, M-Cubed, DICE-1, DICE-2, Explorer-1 and RAX-2.

Purpose

The purpose of AubieSat-1 was to accomplish several things:

• Establish Auburn University as a university capable of developing satellites.
• Provide workforce applicable experience for students.
• Study and compare the effects of solar cell coatings.
• Demonstrate a system bus that could be used at the baseline design for additional satellites later developed by the program.