AprizeSat

{{Short description|American micro-satellite platform for low Earth orbit communications satellites}}

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| name = AprizeSat

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| manufacturer = SpaceQuest, Ltd.

| country = United States

| operator = SpaceQuest, LatinSat, exactEarth, SpaceQuest

| applications = Identification and tracking for ships, containers and vehicles

| spacecraft_bus = Aprize

| design_life = 10 years

| launch_mass = {{convert|13|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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| dimensions = {{convert|250|x|250|x|250|mm|in|abbr=on}}

| volume = {{convert|0.015|m3|abbr=on}}

| power = 7.7 W minimum

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| equipment = Omnidirectional UHF radio

| orbits = Low Earth orbit

| status = Operational

| built = 12

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| launched = 12

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| first = 20 December 2002

| last = 19 June 2014

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AprizeSat is an American micro-satellite platform for low Earth orbit communications satellites. It is marketed as a low-cost solution, with a claimed cost of {{US$|1.2 million}} per satellite for a 24-to-48-satellite constellation.{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.astronautix.com/craft/aprzesat.htm |title=AprizeSat |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Astronautica |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805043605/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/aprzesat.htm |archive-date=2009-08-05 }} {{As of|2014}}, twelve spacecraft based on the Aprize bus have been launched.{{cite web |url=https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/aprizesat-3-4 |title=AprizeSat-3 and -4 |publisher=European Space Agency}}