AprizeSat

AprizeSat
Manufacturer	SpaceQuest, Ltd.
Country of origin	United States
Operator	SpaceQuest, LatinSat, exactEarth, SpaceQuest
Applications	Identification and tracking for ships, containers and vehicles
Specifications
Bus	Aprize
Launch mass	13 kg (29 lb)
Dimensions	250 mm × 250 mm × 250 mm (9.8 in × 9.8 in × 9.8 in)
Volume	0.015 m3 (0.53 cu ft)
Power	7.7 W minimum
Equipment	Omnidirectional UHF radio
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Design life	10 years
Production
Status	Operational
Built	12
Launched	12
Maiden launch	20 December 2002
Last launch	19 June 2014

AprizeSat is an American micro-satellite platform for low Earth orbit communications satellites. It is marketed as a low-cost solution, with a claimed cost of US$1.2 million per satellite for a 24-to-48-satellite constellation.^[1] As of 2014^[update], twelve spacecraft based on the Aprize bus have been launched.^[2]

Launch history

Satellite name	Launch date	Status
LatinSat 1	2002-12-20	Operational^{[citation needed]}
LatinSat 2	2002-12-20	Operational^{[citation needed]}
LatinSat C (AprizeSat 1)	2004-06-29	Operational^{[citation needed]}
LatinSat D (AprizeSat 2)	2004-06-29	Operational^{[citation needed]}
AprizeSat-3	2009-07-29	Operational^{[citation needed]}
AprizeSat-4	2009-07-29	Operational^{[citation needed]}
AprizeSat-5	2011-08-17	Operational
AprizeSat-6	2011-08-17	Operational
AprizeSat-7	2013-11-21	Operational
AprizeSat-8	2013-11-21	Operational
AprizeSat 9	2014-06-19	Operational
AprizeSat 10	2014-06-19	Operational

References

^ "AprizeSat". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 2009-08-05.
^ "AprizeSat-3 and -4". European Space Agency.

External links

SpaceQuest Microsatellite Bus at SpaceQuest.com

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[1] "AprizeSat". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 2009-08-05.

[2] "AprizeSat-3 and -4". European Space Agency.

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January	GSAT-14 Thaicom 6 CRS Orb-1 (Flock-1 × 28, ArduSat-2, Lituanica SAT-1, LitSat-1, SkyCube, UAPSat-1) TDRS-L
February	Progress M-22M ABS-2, Athena-Fidus Türksat 4A USA-248 GPM Core, Ginrei, KSAT-2, INVADER, OPUSAT, STARS-II, TeikyoSat-3, ITF-1
March	Ekspress AT1, Ekspress AT2 Astra 5B, Amazonas 4A Kosmos 2494 Soyuz TMA-12M Shijian XI-06
April	USA-249 / DMSP-5D3 F19 Sentinel-1A IRNSS-1B Progress M-23M Ofek-10 USA-250 EgyptSat 2 SpaceX CRS-3 (KickSat) Luch 5V, KazSat-3
May	Kosmos 2495 Ekspress AM4R USA-251 USA-252 Kosmos 2496, Kosmos 2497, Kosmos 2498, Kosmos 2499 ALOS-2, Raijin-2, UNIFORM-1, SOCRATES, SPROUT Eutelsat 3B Soyuz TMA-13M
June	Kosmos 2500 / GLONASS-M 755 AprizeSat 9, AprizeSat 10, BRITE-Montreal, BRITE-Toronto, BugSat 1, Deimos-2, Hodoyoshi 3, Hodoyoshi 4, KazEOSat 2, Perseus-M1, Perseus-M2, SaudiSat-4, TabletSat-Aurora, UniSat-6 (Lemur-1, Tigrisat), Flock-1c × 11 SPOT 7, CanX-4, CanX-5
July	OCO-2 Gonets-M × 3 Meteor-M No.2 O3b × 4 CRS Orb-2 (Flock-1b × 28, TechEdSat-4) Orbcomm-OG2 × 6 Foton-M No.4 Progress M-24M USA-253 / GSSAP 1, USA-254 / GSSAP 2, USA-255 / ANGELS Georges Lemaître ATV
August	USA-256 AsiaSat 8 Yaogan 20 A, B, C WorldView-3 Gaofen 2, Heweliusz Galileo FOC-1, Galileo FOC-2
September	Chuangxin 1-04, Lingqiao AsiaSat 6 Yaogan 21, Tiantuo 2 MEASAT 3b, Optus 10 USA-257 SpaceX CRS-4 Soyuz TMA-14M Olimp-K Shijian XI-07
October	Himawari 8 IRNSS-1C ARSAT-1, Intelsat 30 Yaogan 22 Ekspress AM6 Chang'e 5-T1, 4M Shijian 11-08 Cygnus CRS Orb-3† (Arkyd-3†, Flock-1d × 26†) Progress M-25M USA-258 / GPS IIF 8 Meridian 7
November	Sasuke, Hodoyoshi 1, Kinshachi 1, Tsukushi, TSUBAME Yaogan 23 Yaogan 24 Kuaizhou 2 Soyuz TMA-15M Kosmos 2501
December	Hayabusa2, PROCYON, Shinen 2, DESPATCH Orion EFT-1 DirecTV-14, GSAT-16 CBERS-4 Yaogan 25 A, B, C USA-259 Yamal-401 O3b × 4 (FM9 to FM12) Kondor-E No.2 IPM Kosmos 2502 Resurs-P No.2 Yaogan 26 Astra 2G Fengyun 2-08
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).