UGATUSAT is a Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n nanosatellite which was built, and will be operated by Ufa State Aviation Technical University

Ufa State Aviation Technical University

Ufa State Aviation Technical University is a state higher school, located in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia. Ufa State Aviation Technical University was founded in 1932 in Rybinsk, USSR. Nowadays, Ufa State Aviation Technical University has become the one of leading higher educational institutions of...

 (UGATU). The satellite will be used as a technology demonstrator, and for Earth observation. The development programme was budgeted at around 155M Roubles (£

Pound sterling

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3.75M/$7.25M). Launch, atop a Kosmos-3M carrier rocket from LC-107 at Kapustin Yar

Kapustin Yar

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 is currently scheduled for 19 June. It will be launched as a secondary payload, with the primary payload consisting of six Orbcomm

Orbcomm

ORBCOMM is a company that offers M2M global asset monitoring and messaging services from its constellation of 29 LEO communications satellites orbiting at 775 km. Like its voice-centric competitors Iridium and Globalstar, it filed for Chapter 11 protection, in September, 2000. ORBCOMM issued...

 satellites. It has been reported that it may be transferred to a later launch, as a secondary payload on a Soyuz-2 rocket, to the first Persona

Persona (satellite)

Persona is a class of Russian reconnaissance satellites, derived from the Resurs DK class of remote sensing satellite, itself derived from the Soviet Yantar reconnaissance satellites...

satellite.