TET-1

This article is about the German satellite. For the unrelated family of enzymes, see TET1.
TET-1

TET-1 undergoing testing
Mission type Technology
Operator DLR
COSPAR ID 2012-039D
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer Kayser-Threde GmbH
Start of mission
Launch date 22 July 2012, 06:41 (2012-07-22UTC06:41Z) UTC[1]
Rocket Soyuz-FG/Fregat
Launch site Baikonur 31/6
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth

TET-1 (German: Technologieerprobungsträger 1, Technology Experiment Carrier) is a microsatellite operated by the German Aerospace Center. It is the centre of the OOV (On Orbit Verification) Program, initiated to offer on-orbit verification possibilities to the German industrial and scientific aerospace community. TET is based on the satellite bus used for the BIRD satellite, which was launched in 2001.

The main contractor for Phase A (feasibility) was IABG. The final contract for Phases B, C, and D (definition/qualification, and production) and start was given to Kayser-Threde GmbH, a medium-sized aerospace company based in Munich belonging to the German OHB-System group. The environmental qualification was successfully conducted in the IABG space simulation centre in Munich.

TET-1 was carried to orbit as a secondary payload on a Soyuz-FG/Fregat carrier rocket which was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 22 July 2012.[1] The primary payload of the launch was the Kanopus-V1 satellite, with the BelKA-2, Zond-PP and exactView-1 satellites also flying on the same rocket.

References

  1. 1 2 Bergin, Chris (22 July 2012). "Russian Soyuz-FG successfully launches five satellites". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
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