exactView-1

exactView-1

Launch Date
22/07/2012

News from the launch site

Successful launch of exactView-1

22 Jul 2012

Successful launch of exactView-1

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) today announced the successful launch of exactView-1 at UTC 06:41:39 into a sun synchronous polar orbit of 800km by a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

BBC News: Ahoy! Your ship is being tracked from orbit

20 Jul 2012

BBC News: Ahoy! Your ship is being tracked from orbit

The latest satellite ship-tracker goes into orbit this weekend for Canada's ExactEarth company. The monitoring of vessels at sea is a fast-developing space service.

The rocket is ready to go to the launch pad!

18 Jul 2012

The rocket is ready to go to the launch pad!

The Space Head Module was integrated to “Block-D” (the rocket third stage).

Closing the fairing: EV-1 launch campaign on schedule

17 Jul 2012

Closing the fairing: EV-1 launch campaign on schedule

On schedule for launch.  More photos of the launch campaign, including closing the fairing.....

exactView-1 integration complete

16 Jul 2012

exactView-1 integration complete

exactView-1 was integrated onto the upper launch platform over the weekend. See the process in photos, stage by stage...

Spacecraft integration begins

12 Jul 2012

Spacecraft integration begins

The SSTL team have started on the integration activities for the separation system and the spacecraft.

SSTL's launch team arrives at Baikonur

11 Jul 2012

SSTL's launch team arrives at Baikonur

SSTL's launch team has arrived out at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which is leased Russian territory in Kazakhstan and have started testing exactView-1. 

Countdown to the launch of exactView-1

09 Jul 2012

Countdown to the launch of exactView-1

SSTL has announced the launch of the exactView-1, the first dedicated Automatic Identification System (AIS) satellite, on 22nd July at 06:41:39 UTC by a Soyuz launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. We will be posting updates on the launch preparations here, so check back!

Satellite Data

Name:
exactView-1

Customer:
COM DEV for exactEarth

Mission:

Mass:
100kg

Platform:
SSTL-100

Launch Data

Launch Date:
22/07/2012 06:41:39

Launch Site:
Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Launcher:
SOYUZ

Orbit:
817km sun synchronous, LTAN 11.30

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