In the last couple of days, the danish cubesat, AAUSAT3 (http://www.space.aau.dk/aausat3/), has been  succesfully vibration tested and integrated into it's X-pod at the University of Toronto (http://www.utias-sfl.net/). The spacecraft now waits for transportation to India, which is expected to happen during first part of November.

By the way, the official spelling of the spacecraft is AAUSAT3 (only capital letters, no dash). On the other hand, it is a 1U cubesat and thereby weighting no more than 1 kg, not 3 kg as in the upper post.

Thanks for keeping us updated about launch news!

Regards,
Troels Jessen
AAUSAT3 developer, responsible for antenna system.

In the last couple of days, the danish cubesat, AAUSAT3 (http://www.space.aau.dk/aausat3/), has been  succesfully vibration tested and integrated into it's X-pod at the University of Toronto (http://www.utias-sfl.net/). The spacecraft now waits for transportation to India, which is expected to happen during first part of November.

By the way, the official spelling of the spacecraft is AAUSAT3 (only capital letters, no dash). On the other hand, it is a 1U cubesat and thereby weighting no more than 1 kg, not 3 kg as in the upper post.

Thanks for keeping us updated about launch news!

Regards,
Troels Jessen
AAUSAT3 developer, responsible for antenna system.

Troels, thanks for this information and good luck to AAUSAT3!

Marc's article:
Canadian Satellites Set to Launch on Indian Rocket on December 12

Marc's article:
Launch of Canadian Satellites by India Delayed Until January

and we have confirmation of the delay by ISRO

“The launch is now likely in January-February”, an official of the Bangalore-headquartered space agency said.

(source)

Latest news is launch 28. January 2013

(as of November 26)

(source)

SARAL launch postponed to February

Problems surfaced when Indo-French satellite was put through thermo-vacuum testing

Glitches in SARAL, a satellite meant for studying the ocean currents and sea surface heights, has led to the postponement of its launch from December to the second week of February 2013 from the Sriharikota spaceport.

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/saral-launch-postponed-to-february/article4222969.ece

New launch date given as February 11 by CNES
(source)

More delay:
Launch of Canadian Satellites by India Delayed Until Mid-February

Launch date now February 14 as per m.prasad's tip.

ISRO lines up SARAL for February, restored GSLV for April

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has slated its first launch of the year — ocean study spacecraft SARAL — for February 14.

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/isro-lines-up-saral-for-february-restored-gslv-for-april/article4317062.ece

Expect the daily launch time to be ~12:25 UTC +- 15 minutes or so - the target orbit is a 800 km SSO with LTDN at 18:00.

Satellites for PSLV C20 mission:

1. SARAL
2. Sapphire
3. NEOSSat
4. CanX 3A(UniBRITE)
5. CanX 3B(BRITE)
6. Max Valier
7. AAUSAT3


SARAL sat

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Here are the web links:

1. SARAL - http://smsc.cnes.fr/SARAL/
2. Sapphire - http://www.sstl.co.uk/Missions/Sapphire/Sapphire/Sapphire--The-Mission
3. NEOSSat - http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/neossat/
4. CanX-3A (aka UniBRITE) - http://www.utias-sfl.net/nanosatellites/CanX3/
5. CanX-3B (aka BRITE / TUGSat-1)  - http://www.tugsat.tugraz.at/
6. Max Valier - http://www.satmaxvalier.it/index
7. AAUSat 3 - http://www.space.aau.dk/aausat3/

Pls refer
 
Thx
~Prasad

 

MEDIA AVAILABILITY

NEOSSat Arrives in India

 

Longueuil, Quebec, January 21, 2013 – On January 18, Canadian satellite NEOSSat (Near-Earth Object Space Surveillance Satellite) arrived in India. It is the world’s first space telescope designed by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to detect and track asteroids and satellites. NEOSSat is planned to lift off aboard India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), during a launch window scheduled to open on February 11.

 

By circling the globe every 100 minutes and scanning space near the Sun to pinpoint otherwise almost invisible asteroids, NEOSSat will provide a dramatic improvement in the surveillance of objects that pose a collision hazard with Earth. As part of Canada’s commitment to keeping orbital space safe for everyone, it will also offer unprecedented opportunities for tracking space debris.

 

This mission builds upon Canada’s expertise in compact, microsatellite design. The 65-kilogram spacecraft is the size of a small suitcase. Although NEOSSat’s 15-centimetre telescope is relatively small, once high above the Earth’s atmosphere, it will give it a huge advantage in searching the blackness of space for faint signs of asteroids.

 

When:  January 22, 2013 (from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Eastern standard time)

 

What:   Media availability from the CSA

           

Who:    William Harvey, Senior Project Manager

            Guennadi Kroupnik, Director, Satellite Comm. & Space Environment Projects

            Denis Laurin, Space Astronomy Senior Program Scientist


To schedule interviews with CSA spokespersons, please contact CSA Media Relations.

For more information on NEOSSat:

http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/neossat/

6. Max Valier - http://www.satmaxvalier.it/index


Pls refer
 
Thx
~Prasad

Are we sure Max Valier is schedule for this flight? On the project webpage the countdown clock says launch is still 159 days away (or is it counting down to something else?).

SARAL page indicates a launch date on February 18, 2013.

Quote from: m.prasad on 21 Jan, 2013 06:12

6. Max Valier - http://www.satmaxvalier.it/index


Pls refer
 
Thx
~Prasad

Are we sure Max Valier is schedule for this flight? On the project webpage the countdown clock says launch is still 159 days away (or is it counting down to something else?).

I remember reading somewhere on NSF that its ride was transferred to a Russian launch (IIRC, out of Plesetsk).....