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 […]
Gearing up for UNISAT-7 mission! GAUSS Srl is preparing the launch of its new Small-Sat mission, UNISAT-7, an octagonal-shaped satellite platform. It will be released into a Sun Synchronous orbit, and it will automatically release CubeSats and PocketQubes, before beginning its research mission. The mission is based on four fundamental elements: UNISAT-7 satellite will […]
During the first days in orbit, the ground team has been very busy downloading telemetry data in order to learn as much as possible of the satellite while it is still in good health. Downloading data has proven a big challenge because there are only two useful windows per day to communicate with it and […]
The Gauss team is now in the Yasny Launch Base, property of ISC Kosmotras, for the integration of the satellite UniSat-6. The integration works started on the 2nd of June and the satellite was successfully installed on the Dnepr-1 launcher platform on the 5th of June. Unisat-6 hosts 4 cubesats that will be deployed one day […]
GAUSS recently completed the assembly of the mock up of UNISAT-6 and it is now ready for vibration and thermal tests. The GAUSS team is now flying to Dnipropetrovsk for these tests. The launch of UNISAT-6 is expected for the second quarter of 2014 from Yasny Cosmodrome, in Oremburg region, Russia. The satellite UNISAT-6 will be launched […]
