Novosibirsk State University has announced the successful deployment of its satellite "Norbi-3" into Earth orbit. It was launched as a secondary payload along with the "Ionosphere-M" № 1 and № 2 spacecraft as part of an additional payload of 49 Russian and foreign spacecraft, and helped Russia set a record for launching various satellites into target orbits.
"Norbi-3" is part of the "UniverSat" program of the Roscosmos State Corporation, which helps students from different universities to realize themselves in satellite construction. The "UniverSat" group already includes 22 small spacecraft, three of which were developed at NSU.
The main mission of "Norbi-3" is to monitor the radiation environment in orbit in the interests of Roshydromet. In addition, satellite subsystems and flight cyclogram algorithms will be tested and refined for our tasks within the federal project "Sphere". We have successfully established communication with "Norbi-3" and are starting the planned work.
Students of the master's program "Space and Special Instrument Engineering" of the Advanced Engineering School of NSU (AES NSU) took direct part in the development of the satellite and its preparation for launch.
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