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This article is about the Space Flight Laboratory satellite series. For Nanosatellite launch vehicles more generally, see Nanosatellite launch vehicle.

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-C, 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

^ "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.
^ "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

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.

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