LitSat-1

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| name = LitSat-1

| image = Lithuania satellites stamp 2014.jpg

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| operator = LSA, LSSTI, KTU, VGTU

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| mission_duration = 2 months 24 days deployed, 4 months 13 days in space (6 months planned)

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| launch_date = {{start-date|9 January 2014, 18:07|timezone=yes}} UTC

| launch_rocket = Antares 120

| launch_site = MARS LP-0A

| launch_contractor = Orbital Sciences

| deployment_from = ISS

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| last_contact = 21 May 2014 05:15:15 UTC

| decay_date = 22 May 2014

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| orbit_reference = Geocentric

| orbit_regime = Low Earth

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| apsis = gee

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LitSat-1 was one of the first two Lithuanian satellites (other one being Lituanica SAT-1). It was launched aboard the second Cygnus spacecraft along with 28 Flock-1 CubeSats aboard an Antares 120 carrier rocket flying from Pad 0B at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island.{{cite web|url=http://mokslas.delfi.lt/mokslas/lietuviskas-palydovas-litsat-1-paskutini-karta-isbandomas-zemeje.d?id=62090581|title=Lietuviškas palydovas "LitSat-1" paskutinį kartą išbandomas Žemėje|publisher=DELFI.lt|language=Lithuanian|date=16 August 2013|accessdate=17 August 2013}} The launch was scheduled to occur in December 2013, but later was rescheduled to 9 January 2014 and occurred then. The satellite was deployed from the International Space Station via the NanoRacks Cubesat Deployer on February 28, 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=1480|title=Experiment Details|website=www.nasa.gov}}{{Cite web|url=https://amsat-uk.org/tag/litsat-1/|title=LitSat-1|website=AMSAT-UK}} Three Lithuanian words will be broadcast from space "Lietuva myli laisvę" (Lithuania loves freedom). Launch of satellites Lituanica SAT-1 and LitSat-1 was broadcast live in Lithuania.

On 6 March 2014 the satellite radio station of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) established a two-way connection with LitSat-1 for the first time.{{Cite web|url=http://en.delfi.lt/64854/litsat-1-successfully-follows-the-commands-of-ktu-team-in-space-201464854/|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140308160346/http://en.delfi.lt/64854/litsat-1-successfully-follows-the-commands-of-ktu-team-in-space-201464854/|url-status=dead|title=LitSat-1 successfully follows the commands of KTU team in space|archivedate=March 8, 2014}}