Welcome to AAUSAT II
From today (January 28th) all launch info will be maintained at www.aausatii.aau.dk/launchstay tuned
From January 23th all launch campaign info will be here
LATEST NEWS
January 2008We are waiting on launch :-) Stipulated launch date is March 04th 03:53 GMT
More information from our launch provider here
AAUSAT-II is now finally tested with 100% succes and has proudly been delivered to our launch provider. Please see the picture below of the core crew !
The launch provider was very satisfied with our baby and impressed by our complex design.
We are now awaiting launch within the next three months and are finalising AAU groundstation.
Aalborg University intend to launch another cube satellite into orbit during 2006. The cubesat will include a small gamma ray detector that is newly developed by the Danish Space Center, and an advanced Attitude Determination and Control System. On these pages you can find detailed information about the satellite and follow the ongoing progress.
Project Time Line
2003: | Kick-off and mission definition | 6 months |
2004: | Preliminary design phase | 6 months |
Detailed design and first prototypes | 6 months | |
2005: | Prototyping and design iterations | 12 months |
2006: | Manufacturing of engineering model and testing | 12 months |
2007: | Manufacturing of flight model | 2 months |
Functional and environmental tests of flight model | 2 months | |
Preperation for launch | 1 months | |
Launch campaign and in-orbit operations | 3 months |
Group photo
Group photo before departure to Canada the 27th July 2007