Beesat-3

BeeSat-3 ( English: Berlin Experimental and Educational SAT ellite - Berlin experimental and training satellite) is a small satellite of the CubeSat 1U form factor, created at Berlin Technical University with the aim of practical training of students in the design, construction and operation of spacecraft . The list of tasks also includes checking the operation of the HiSPiCO S-band transmitter installed on board the satellite ( English Highly Integrated S-band transmitter for Pico and Nanosatellites ) and the C-328 camera ^[1] .

BeeSat-3
B erlin E xperimental and E ducational SAT ellite
Manufacturer	Berlin Technical University
Satellite	Satellite
Launch pad	Baikonur Sq. 31
Launch vehicle	Soyuz-2.1a
Launch	April 19, 2013 , 10:00 UTC
Flight duration	passed: 6 years 5 months 5 days
NSSDC ID	2013-015E
SCN	39135
Specifications
Weight	1 kg
Dimensions	10 × 10 × 10 cm
The term of active existence	1 year
Elements of the orbit
Semimajor axis	6 942 km
Mood	64.9 °
Circulation period	95.9 min
Apocenter	573 km
Pericenter	569 km
Orbit height	570 km
Project site

External video files
Satellite Launch Video
(Roscosmos YouTube channel)
	Launch of Soyuz 2.1a rocket launcher with Bion-M spacecraft No. 1, AIST No. 2, Beesat-2, Beesat-3, Dove-2, OSSI-1 and SOMP

The launch took place on April 19, 2013 at 10:00 UTC (14:00 Moscow time ) with a Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome ^[2] . BeeSat-3 was fixed on the surface of the Bion-M satellite No. 1 together with other small spacecraft AIST No. 2 , BeeSat-2 , Dove-2 , , SOMP and successfully separated on April 21.