SumbandilaSat

The University of Stellenbosch, SunSpace and the CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) were key players in constructing SumbandilaSat.The CSIR's Satellite Application Centre (CSIR-SAC) was responsible for operations, telemetry, tracking, control as well as data capturing.Furthermore, the data was used to, amongst others, monitor and manage disasters such as flooding, oil spills and fires within Southern Africa.This has caused it to stop fulfilling its primary objective and it has been written off as a loss by SunSpace, its builder.[7] The launch site was the Baikonur Cosmodrome LC-31/6, which is located at the following coordinates: * Courtesy of SunSpace It had a number of secondary experimental payloads on board:[3]
University of StellenboschCOSPAR IDSATCAT no.Soyuz-2-1bFregatBaikonurSite 31/6GeocentricLow EarthPerigee altitudeApogee altitudeInclinationPeriodEarth observation satelliteSoyuz-2Baikonur CosmodromeVenda languageLC-31/6Sun sensorsStellenbosch Universitysoftware defined radioNelson Mandela Metropolitan UniversityUniversity of KwaZulu-NatalVery low frequencyamateur radiotransponderSUNSATNews24← 2008Orbital launches in 20092010 →USA-202Orion 6Sohla-1Koronas-FotonNOAA-19Progress M-66Ekspress-AM44Ekspress-MD1Hot Bird 10Spirale-ASpirale-BTelstar 11NKeplerSTS-119ITS S6USA-203Soyuz TMA-14USA-204Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2RISAT-2ANUSATSICRAL 1BUSA-205Progress M-02MSTS-125HerschelPlanckProtoStar 2TacSat-3PharmaSatAeroCube-3HawkSat-1Meridian 2Soyuz TMA-15LCROSSMEASAT-3aGOES 14Sirius FM-5TerreStar-1Kosmos 2451Kosmos 2452RazakSATSTS-127JEM-EFProgress M-67DubaiSat-1Deimos-1UK-DMC 2Nanosat-1BAprizeSat-3AprizeSat-4AsiaSat 5USA-206JCSAT-RAOptus D3STSat-2ASTS-128Leonardo MPLMPalapa-DUSA-207 / PANMeteor-M No.1Sterkh-2UGATUSATUniversitetsky-Tatyana-2Nimiq 5Oceansat-2Rubin 9.1Rubin 9.2BeeSat-1ITU-pSat1SwissCube-1USA-208STSS-Demo 1USA-209STSS-Demo 2Soyuz TMA-16WorldView-2Progress M-03MThor 6PROBA-2Progress M-MIM2Shijian 11-01STS-129ExPRESS-1ExPRESS-2Intelsat 14Eutelsat W7Intelsat 15USA-211Kosmos 2456Kosmos 2457Kosmos 2458Helios IIBSoyuz TMA-17DirecTV-12South African National Space AgencySANSA Space Science