Nanosatellite Launch System

The Nanosatellite Launch System (NLS) is a series of satellite launch missions coordinated by the Space Flight Laboratory of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies. It provides a low-cost launch service for nanosatellites.^[1]

NLS 1

• Launch date: 30 June 2003
• Launch vehicle: Rockot
• Launch site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome
• Participants: CanX-1, AAUSAT-1, DTUsat

NLS 2

• Launch date: 30 June 2003
• Launch vehicle: Rockot
• Launch site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome
• Participants: QuakeSat

NLS 3

• Launch date: 27 October 2005
• Launch vehicle: Cosmos-3M
• Parent Spacecraft: SSETI Express
• Launch site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome
• Participants: NCUBE-2, UWE-1, XI-V

NLS 4

• 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

• 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

• 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]

References

1. ^ "UTIAS/SFL - Low-Cost Launch Program". University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Space Flight Laboratory. http://www.utias-sfl.net/SpecialProjects/LaunchIndex.html. 
2. ^ "Nanosatellite Launch Service 4". University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Space Flight Laboratory. http://www.utias-sfl.net/NLS-4/. 
3. ^ "Nanosatellite Launch Service 5". University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Space Flight Laboratory. http://www.utias-sfl.net/NLS-4/. 
4. ^ "Norway launches AISSat ship-tracking spacecraft". BBC. 12 July 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10599774.stm. 
5. ^ "Nanosatellite Launch Service 6". University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Space Flight Laboratory. http://www.utias-sfl.net/NLS-6/. 
6. ^ "PSLV-C15". Indian Space Research Organization. http://www.isro.org/pslv-c15/pdf/CARTOSAT-2B-brochure.pdf. 

• 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.