TUMnanoSAT is a nanosatellite and the first artificial satellite made by Moldova. It was built by the Technical University of Moldova (UTM) and was launched on 15 July 2022. Space X's Falcon 9 rocket carried TUMnanoSAT to the International Space Station (ISS). This was through the SpaceX CRS-25 Commercial Resupply Service mission. In this mission, Falcon 9 carried a SpaceX Dragon 2 spacecraft which contained the J-SSOD launch capsule of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) within which in turn was TUMnanoSAT. The satellite project and its launch was carried out in cooperation with the JAXA and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) as part of the KiboCUBE program.[1] Once brought to the ISS, TUMnanoSAT was put into orbit from there on 12 August.[2]

TUMnanoSAT

Operator	Technical University of Moldova
COSPAR ID	TBD
SATCAT no.	53464
Website	Official website
Mission duration	1 month and 27 days (elapsed)
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer	Technical University of Moldova
Start of mission
Launch date	15 July 2022 (2022-07-15)
Rocket	Falcon 9

The main missions of TUMnanoSAT are to achieve an efficient communications system between the satellite and its ground station, to study the reliability of electronic components when exposed to space radiation, to test the satellite's system for supply of solar power to find out the most appropriate form of distributing the accumulated energy and to observe the behavior of the satellite's nanosensors and micro-wires in open space and of the sensors of the satellite's subsystem to determine and optimize the performance of the satellite.[3]

After the launch of TUMnanoSAT on 15 July, the UTM and Moldcell organized a public lecture dedicated to the satellite's fabrication and mission attended by several children and adolescents to introduce them to the fields of innovation and technology.[3]

References

External links

• Official website of the TUMnanoSAT project