UWE-2

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{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = UWE-2

| names_list = Universität Würzburg's Experimentalsatellit-2

| image = Uwe-2 inside.JPG

| image_caption = UWE-2 satellite

| image_size = 300px

| mission_type = Technology demonstration

| operator = University of Würzburg

| COSPAR_ID = 2009-051D

| SATCAT = 35934

| website =

| mission_duration = 12 months (planned)

| spacecraft =

| spacecraft_type = CubeSat

| spacecraft_bus = 1U CubeSat

| manufacturer = University of Würzburg

| launch_mass = {{cvt|1|kg}}

| dimensions = {{cvt|10|xx|10|xx|10|cm}}

| power = 2 watts

| launch_date = 23 September 2009,
06:21 UTC

| launch_rocket = Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C14

| launch_site = Satish Dhawan Space Centre, First Launch Pad (FLP)

| launch_contractor = Indian Space Research Organisation

| entered_service = 23 September 2009

| deactivated =

| last_contact =

| decay_date =

| orbit_reference = Geocentric orbit

| orbit_regime = Sun-synchronous orbit

| orbit_altitude = {{cvt|720|km}}

| orbit_inclination = 98.28°

| orbit_period = 99.31 minutes

| apsis = gee

| programme = UWE satellite Series

| previous_mission = UWE-1

| next_mission = UWE-3

}}

UWE-2 (University Würzburg's Experimental satellite 2) was a follow-on picosatellite technology demonstration project within the CubeSat family standard, developed and built by students of the University of Würzburg, Germany. The overall objective is to demonstrate the capabilities of attitude determination and control in picosatellites.{{cite web |url=https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/u/uwe-2|title=UWE-2 (Universität Würzburg's Experimentalsatellit-2)|publisher=ESA eoPortal Directory|date=2021|access-date=27 October 2021}}