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Nanosatellite Launch System

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The Nanosatellite Launch System (NLS) is a series of satellite launch missions launched 2003–2010, coordinated by the Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS).

NLS has provided low-cost launch services for a number of nanosatellites.

Missions

= NLS 1 =

  • Launch date: 30 June 2003{{cite web|title=UTIAS SFL Nanosatellite Launch Service: Program Objectives|url=https://www.utias-sfl.net/?page_id=233#:~:text=Nanosatellite%20Launch%20Service%201&text=UTIAS%2FSFL%20played%20a%20leading,%2C%202003%20from%20Plesetsk%2C%20Russia.

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  • Launch vehicle: Rockot
  • Launch site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome
  • Participants: {{flagicon|Canada}} CanX-1, {{flagicon|Denmark}} AAUSAT-1, {{flagicon|Denmark}} DTUsat

= NLS 4 =

= NLS 5 =

  • Launch date: 28 April 2008{{cite web | url = http://www.utias-sfl.net/NLS-4/ | title = Nanosatellite Launch Service 5 | publisher = University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Space Flight Laboratory}}
  • Launch vehicle: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C9)
  • Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Second Launch Pad
  • Participants: {{flagicon|Canada}} CanX-6/NTS

= NLS 6 =

  • Launch date : July 12, 2010{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10599774.stm | title = Norway launches AISSat ship-tracking spacecraft | publisher = BBC | date=12 July 2010}}
  • Launch vehicle: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15) {{cite web | url = http://www.utias-sfl.net/NLS-6/ | title = Nanosatellite Launch Service 6 | publisher = University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Space Flight Laboratory | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160206051454/http://www.utias-sfl.net/NLS-6/ | archivedate = 2016-02-06 }}
  • Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, First Launch Pad
  • Participants: {{flagicon|Norway}} AISSat-1, {{flagicon|Switzerland}} TIsat-1{{cite web | title = PSLV-C15 | url = http://www.isro.org/pslv-c15/pdf/CARTOSAT-2B-brochure.pdf | publisher = Indian Space Research Organization | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100821114424/http://www.isro.org/pslv-c15/pdf/CARTOSAT-2B-brochure.pdf | archivedate = 2010-08-21 }}

= NLS 8 =

  • Launch date : 25 February 2013
  • Launch vehicle: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15)
  • Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, First Launch Pad
  • Participants: {{flagicon|Canada}} Sapphire,{{cite news|title=Indian rocket launches asteroid hunter, 6 other satellites|url=http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/25/17088187-indian-rocket-launches-asteroid-hunter-6-other-satellites?lite|accessdate=25 February 2013|newspaper=NBC|date=25 February 2013}} {{flagicon|Canada}} NEOSSat, {{flagicon|Austria}} TUGSAT-1, {{flagicon|Austria}} UniBRITE-1,{{cite news|title=India to launch seven satellites on February 25|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_india-to-launch-seven-satellites-february-25_1800304|accessdate=17 February 2013|newspaper=DNA India|date=15 February 2013}} {{flagicon|UK}} STRaND-1,[http://www.sstl.co.uk/Missions/STRaND-1/ Smartphone nanosatellite Space researchers at the University of Surrey's Surrey Space Centre (SSC) and SSTL have developed STRaND-1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211054144/http://www.sstl.co.uk/Missions/STRaND-1/ |date=2013-02-11 }} "SSTL.co.uk" retrieved 14 Feb 2012 {{flagicon|Denmark}} AAUSAT3

Notes

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References

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080205071344/http://www.utias-sfl.net/docs/nls-ssc-2003.pdf F. M. Pranajaya, R. E. Zee, P. L. Thomsen, M. Blanke, R. Wisniewski, L. Franklin, and J. Puig-Suari, "An Affordable, Low-Risk Approach to Launching Research Spacecraft as Tertiary Payloads," Proc. 17th Annual AIAA/USC Conference on Small Satellites, Logan, Utah, Aug. 2003.]

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