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.[1]
Missions
NLS 1
- Launch date: 30 June 2003[1]
 - Launch vehicle: Rockot
 - Launch site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome
 - Participants: 
 CanX-1, 
 AAUSAT-1, 
 DTUsat 
NLS 4
- Launch date: 28 April 2008[2]
 - 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[3]
 - 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[4]
 - Launch vehicle: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15) [5]
 - Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, First Launch Pad
 - Participants: 
 AISSat-1, 
 TIsat-1[6] 
NLS 8
- Launch date : 25 February 2013[1]
 - Launch vehicle: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15)
 - Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, First Launch Pad
 - Participants: 
 Sapphire,[7] 
 NEOSSat,[7] 
 TUGSAT-1,[7] 
 UniBRITE-1,[8] 
 STRaND-1,[9] 
 AAUSAT3[7] 
Notes
- 1 2 3 "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.
 - 1 2 3 4 "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
 
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