Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
COMPASS-1 (also known as Compass One) was a German amateur CubeSat picosatellite built and operated in the late 2000s by Aachen University of Applied Science. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation aboard a PSLV rocket on 28 April 2008. Its primary mission is remote sensing however it also contains some technology demonstration experiments regarding the use of small satellites.On 10 August 2008 the satellite developed a problem and switched into emergency mode.