NUSAT 1
From The Space Library
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| Organization | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (United States) |
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| Mission type | Engineering |
| Launch date | April 29, 1985 |
| Launch vehicle | STS-51B |
| Carrier rocket | Space Shuttle |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, United States |
| COSPAR ID | 1985-034B |
| Mass | 52.0 kg |
| Alternate Names | Northern Utah Satellite, 15666 |
| Additional Information | Here |
| PDMP Information | Here |
| Telecommunications Information | Here |
NUSAT (Northern Utah Satellite), a joint project between Weber State University and Utah State University, was the forerunner in a new type of world wide industry to build small, simple and low cost satellites for special applications. It was a small satellite to be used to demonstrate a method to evaluate the beams on the Federal Aviation Agency secondary radar systems. The 54.5kg satellite was deployed from a modified GAS canister on the NASA Space Shuttle Challenger, STS-51B, and it re-entered in 1986 after a 20 month life in orbit.
