Nanosatellite Launch System

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.

Missions

NLS 1

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

NLS 4

• Launch date: 28 April 2008
• 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
• 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
• Launch vehicle: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15)
• Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, First Launch Pad
• Participants: AISSat-1, TIsat-1

NLS 8

• Launch date : 25 February 2013
• Launch vehicle: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15)
• Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, First Launch Pad
• Participants: Sapphire, NEOSSat, TUGSAT-1, UniBRITE-1, STRaND-1, AAUSAT3

Notes

References

• 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.