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NCube (Norwegian CubeSat) was a series of two Norwegian satellites, made by students at several Norwegian universities and university colleges. Due to problems during launch (NCube-1) and deployment into orbit (NCube-2), neither of the satellites became operational.[1]

Both satellites were built to the CubeSat picosatellite standard, which defined their mass and size (10 cm cube). This standard allows one or more cube satellites to be launched by 'piggybacking' with a larger satellite. In this way the smaller satellites get a cheap ride into orbit.

The goal of the NCube satellites was to stimulate interest in science and increase competence in space technology among students and educational institutions. Moreover, enhance cooperation between educational institutions and industry and exchange of knowledge between educational institutions in north and south of Norway.

The second goal was to communicate with amateur radio ground stations, and to test a space-born Automatic Identification System (AIS) receiver for tracking ships and reindeer.

As of 2013, NTNU was developing a 2U CubeSat called NUTS-1.

See also

• List of CubeSats

References

External links

• More information and project documents

На других языках

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[de] NCube

nCube waren zwei Satelliten norwegischer Studenten. Wegen Problemen beim Einschwenken auf die Umlaufbahn und einem Fehlstart konnte keiner der beiden Satelliten seine Arbeit aufnehmen. Der erste (nCube-2) wurde am 27. Oktober 2005 mit einer russischen Kosmos-3M-Rakete gestartet (COSPAR-Bezeichnung 2005-043H), der zweite (nCube-1) ging am 26. Juli 2006 beim Fehlstart einer Dnepr-Rakete verloren. Beide wurden nach dem Cubesat-Standard für Kleinsatelliten gebaut und hatten die Form eines Würfels mit einer Kantenlänge von 10 Zentimetern.

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- [en] NCube (satellite)

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