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Nanosatellite Launch System 
Summary
The Nanosatellite Launch System (NLS) is a series of satellite launch missions launched 2003–2010, coordinated by the Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS).
NLS has provided low-cost launch services for a number of nanosatellites.[1]
Missions edit
NLS 1 edit
- Launch date: 30 June 2003[1]
- Launch vehicle: Rockot
- Launch site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome
- Participants:
CanX-1, 
AAUSAT-1, DTUsat
NLS 4 edit
- Launch date: 28 April 2008[2]
- Launch vehicle: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C9)
- Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Second Launch Pad
- Participants: CanX-2, AAUSAT-II,
COMPASS-1, 
Delfi-C3, 
CUTE-1.7+APD II and SEEDS II
NLS 5 edit
- Launch date: 28 April 2008[3]
- Launch vehicle: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C9)
- Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Second Launch Pad
- Participants: CanX-6/NTS
NLS 6 edit
- Launch date : July 12, 2010[4]
- Launch vehicle: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15) [5]
- Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, First Launch Pad
- Participants:
AISSat-1, 
TIsat-1[6]
NLS 8 edit
- Launch date : 25 February 2013[1]
- Launch vehicle: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15)
- Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, First Launch Pad
- Participants: Sapphire,[7] NEOSSat,[7]
TUGSAT-1,[7] UniBRITE-1,[8] 
STRaND-1,[9] AAUSAT3[7]
Notes edit
- ^ a b c "UTIAS SFL Nanosatellite Launch Service: Program Objectives". Retrieved November 21, 2022.
- ^ "Nanosatellite Launch Service 4". University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Space Flight Laboratory.
- ^ "Nanosatellite Launch Service 5". University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Space Flight Laboratory.
- ^ "Norway launches AISSat ship-tracking spacecraft". BBC. 12 July 2010.
- ^ "Nanosatellite Launch Service 6". University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Space Flight Laboratory. Archived from the original on 2016-02-06.
- ^ "PSLV-C15" (PDF). Indian Space Research Organization. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-21.
- ^ a b c d "Indian rocket launches asteroid hunter, 6 other satellites". NBC. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ "India to launch seven satellites on February 25". DNA India. 15 February 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ^ Smartphone nanosatellite Space researchers at the University of Surrey's Surrey Space Centre (SSC) and SSTL have developed STRaND-1 Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine "SSTL.co.uk" retrieved 14 Feb 2012
References edit
- F. M. Pranajaya, R. E. Zee, P. L. Thomsen, M. Blanke, R. Wisniewski, L. Franklin, and J. Puig-Suari, "An Affordable, Low-Risk Approach to Launching Research Spacecraft as Tertiary Payloads," Proc. 17th Annual AIAA/USC Conference on Small Satellites, Logan, Utah, Aug. 2003.