Engineering:VZLUSAT-2

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VZLUSAT-2
OperatorVZLU Aerospace
COSPAR ID2022-002DF
Websitewww.vzlu.cz/vzlusat2
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type3U CubeSat
Start of mission
Launch date13 January 2022
RocketFalcon 9
End of mission
Decay date30 November 2025
VZLU Aerospace
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VZLUSAT-2 was a Czech technology demonstration satellite operated in low Earth orbit between 2022 and 2025 by the Prague-based company VZLU Aerospace. The 3U-type CubeSat was testing various spaceflight technologies including two Earth observation cameras, X-ray sensors, a GRB detector, a radiation monitoring device, and a water vapor outgassing sensor.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The satellite was launched in January 2022 on the Transporter-3 rideshare mission of Falcon 9,[7] operated successfully in space,[8][9][10] and ended its mission with destructive re-entry in November 2025.[11][12] VZLUSAT-2 was the first Czech spacecraft to capture high-resolution images of the Czech Republic from orbit.[12][13]

  • Photo of Prague taken by VZLUSAT-2 on 10 October 2022
    Photo of Prague taken by VZLUSAT-2 on 10 October 2022
  • Photo of Orlík Reservoir taken by VZLUSAT-2 on 10 October 2022
    Photo of Orlík Reservoir taken by VZLUSAT-2 on 10 October 2022

References

  1. ↑ "Czechs readying second-generation nanosatellite for SpaceX launch" (in en). 2020-10-09. https://english.radio.cz/czechs-readying-second-generation-nanosatellite-spacex-launch-8696728. 
  2. ↑ "VZLUsat 2" (in en). https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/vzlusat-2.htm. 
  3. ↑ Kulu, Erik. "VZLUSAT-2" (in en). https://www.nanosats.eu/sat/vzlusat-2.html. 
  4. ↑ Jović, Daniela (2022-01-26). "VZLUSAT-2 calling home!" (in en-US). https://spacemanic.com/vzlusat-2-calling-home/. 
  5. ↑ "VZLUSAT2" (in en-US). https://www.vzlu.cz/vzlusat2/?lang=en. 
  6. ↑ "VZLUSAT-2". https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/vzlusat2.html. 
  7. ↑ "VZLUSAT-2" (in en-US). https://spacemanic.com/missions/vzlusat-2/. 
  8. ↑ "Images of the planet and gamma flashes - the satellite VZLUSAT-2 celebrates two years in orbit" (in en). https://info.zcu.cz/Images-of-the-planet-and-gamma-flashes---the-satellite-VZLUSAT-2-celebrates-two-years-in-orbit/clanek.jsp?id=6017. 
  9. ↑ "Cubesat Missions Detect 360 Gamma-Ray Transients" (in en-US). 2026-01-28. https://quantumzeitgeist.com/cubesat-missions-detect-gamma-ray/. 
  10. ↑ Munz, Filip; Rípa, Jakub; Pal, Andras; Dafcikova, Marianna; Werner, Norbert; Ohno, Masanori; Meszaros, Laszlo; Dániel, Vladimír et al. (2024). den Herder, Jan-Willem A.; Nakazawa, Kazuhiro; Nikzad, Shouleh. eds. "GRBAlpha and VZLUSAT-2: GRB observations with CubeSats after 3 years of operations". Proceedings of SPIE : Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024 (SPIE): 250. doi:10.1117/12.3025855. ISBN 978-1-5106-7509-4. https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/13093/3025855/GRBAlpha-and-VZLUSAT-2--GRB-observations-with-CubeSats-after/10.1117/12.3025855.full. 
  11. ↑ "VZLUSAT-2 Deorbiting Announcement & Competition" (in en). 2025-07-11. https://community.libre.space/t/vzlusat-2-deorbiting-announcement-competition/13511. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Czech satellite VZLUSAT-2 ends mission after four years" (in en). 2025-12-02. https://english.radio.cz/czech-satellite-vzlusat-2-ends-mission-after-four-years-8870585. 
  13. ↑ VZLU (2023-01-13). "ZA ROK NA OBĚŽNÉ DRÁZE POŘÍDIL VZLUSAT-2 I SNÍMKY ČR" (in cs-CZ). https://www.vzlu.cz/za-rok-na-obezne-draze-poridil-vzlusat-2-i-snimky-cr/. 

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