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This article is about the French CubeSat launched in 2018. For the American CubeSat mission known as PICS, see Passive Inspection CubeSat.
PicSat
Mission type
Astronomy · Planetary science
Operator
Observatoire de Paris · CNRS
COSPAR ID
2018-004W
SATCAT no.
43132
Website
http://picsat.obspm.fr
Mission duration
~1 year
Spacecraft properties
Bus
CubeSat 3U
Manufacturer
ISIS (spacecraft) Hyperion (ADCS) LESIA (payload)
Launch mass
3.9 kg
Dimensions
10 × 50 × 100 cm with antennas and solar panels
Power
6 watts
Start of mission
Launch date
12 January 2018, 03:58 UTC
Rocket
PSLV
Launch site
SDSC
Contractor
ISL · ANTRIX
End of mission
Last contact
20 March 2018
Decay date
3 October 2023
Orbital parameters
Reference system
Geocentric
Regime
Low Earth · SSO
Inclination
97.3°
Period
95 minutes
Main telescope
Type
Off-axis telescope
Diameter
50 mm
Focal length
150 mm
Focal ratio
f/4
Wavelengths
visible light
Transponders
Band
VHF · UHF
PicSat is a French observatory nanosatellite, designed to measure the transit of Beta Pictoris b, an exoplanet which orbits the star Beta Pictoris.
PicSat was designed and built by a team of scientists led by Dr. Sylvestre Lacour, astrophysicist and instrumentalist at the High Angular Resolution in Astrophysics group in the LESIA laboratory with Paris Observatory, Paris Sciences et Lettres University and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). It was launched on 12 January 2018, and operated for more than 10 weeks before falling silent on 20 March 2018.[1] The cubesat decayed from orbit on 3 October 2023.[2]
^"Bye bye PicSat (for now)". PicSat. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
^"PICSAT". N2YO.com. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
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