QBITO, the first Cubesat by Universidad Politécnica de Madrid was deployed last Thursday 25th of May, from the International Space Station (ISS). This Cubesat will study the lower thermosphere during the next 6 months as part of the European project QB50.
The QB50 mission consists of a network of 36 CubeSats that will study the properties of the lower thermosphere. QBITO was deployed from the ISS at an initial circular orbit of 420 km altitude and 51° inclination. Due to atmospheric drag, its orbit will decay until the spacecraft burn in the atmosphere approximately in 6 months.
Successful 3rd #QB50 #Cubesat deployment of today! Congratulations to ES01 (QBITO), FI01 (Aalto-2) and AU01 (SUSat) teams!
Nuestra enhorabuena al @eusoc por un nuevo hito en la misión #QB50 el lanzamiento del #Cubesat #QBITO ha sido un éxito. #somosUPM
Aquí podemos ver el lanzamiento del primer #Cubesat de @La_UPM. #QBITO siendo inyectado en órbita desde la #ISS. Orgullosos del @eusoc.