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,Smartphone nanosatellite Space researchers at the University of Surrey's Surrey Space Centre (SSC) and SSTL have developed STRaND-1 "SSTL.co.uk" retrieved 14 Feb 2012 AAUSAT3
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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.