BDSAT
Czech technology demonstration satellite
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BDSAT and BDSAT-2 were two technology demonstration and amateur radio satellites developed by a Czech consortium of the CEITEC institute and the companies BD Sensors and Spacemanic. The goal of the two 1U CubeSat-type satellites was to test pressure sensor devices and supercapacitor energy storage as well as to communicate with the radio amateur community.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] BDSAT was launched in April 2022 on the Transporter-4 flight of Falcon 9[9] but stopped transmitting signals after several weeks due to a software problem[4][10] and burned up in the atmosphere in March 2024.[11] The replacement satellite BDSAT-2 was launched in January 2023 on Transporter-6[3][8] and operated successfully.[11][12] It ended its mission in destructive re-entry in February 2025.[13][14]
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BDSAT-2: 2023-001CT
| Operator | CEITEC |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | BDSAT: 2022-033U BDSAT-2: 2023-001CT |
| Website | www |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | 2x 1U CubeSat |
| Manufacturer | Spacemanic |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | BDSAT: 1 April 2022 BDSAT-2: 3 january 2023 |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 |
| End of mission | |
| Decay date | BDSAT: 8 March 2024 BDSAT-2: 14 February 2025 |
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