MOSCOW, July 13 The constellation of small satellites developed by the Bauman Moscow State Technical University will grow to ten pieces: students are preparing three more devices to study space weather, their launch is planned for November 2024, said Victoria Mayorova, head of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University Youth Space Center.
“For the next launch, we are preparing three devices from six units. There will also be a main payload in the interests of heliogeophysical research, space weather, and we will work out individual technological experiments. They will also fly under the UniverSat program of Roscosmos. We hope that the launch will be on time, then the devices will be in orbit in November,” Mayorova said.
She noted that the “Bauman” constellation of satellites will thus increase to 10 satellites.
The UniverSat small spacecraft launch program was launched by Roscosmos in 2020. Its goal is to promote the development of scientific and technical potential and professional self-determination of young people in the interests of the rocket and space industry, as well as to ensure the implementation of scientific experiments by educational organizations.
The first two nanosatellites, Yarilo No. 1 and Yarilo No. 2, created by students of Bauman Moscow State Technical University, were launched into orbit on September 28, 2020, from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket. Satellites Yarilo No. 3 and No. 4 and Khors No. 1 and No. 2, also developed by Baumanka students, were launched into orbit on June 27, 2023, as a secondary payload during the launch of Meteor-M No. 2-3 from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
The Yarilo CubeSats are designed to measure solar energy reflected from the Earth's surface (Earth's albedo) and measure the Earth's magnetic field along three axes. Satellites «Khors» No. 1 and No. 2 were developed to study galactic cosmic rays, as well as to demonstrate the operation of a high-frequency plasma propulsion system.