| LitSat-1 | |
| Operator: | LSA, LSSTI, KTU, VGTU |
| Mission Duration: | 2 months 24 days deployed, 4 months 13 days in space (6 months planned) |
| Launch Date: | UTC |
| Launch Rocket: | Antares 120 |
| Launch Site: | MARS LP-0A |
| Launch Contractor: | Orbital Sciences |
| Deployment From: | ISS |
| Last Contact: | 21 May 2014 05:15:15 UTC |
| Decay Date: | 22 May 2014 |
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric |
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth |
| Apsis: | gee |
LitSat-1 was one of the first two Lithuanian satellites (other one being Lituanica SAT-1). It was launched aboard the second Cygnus spacecraft along with 28 Flock-1 CubeSats aboard an Antares 120 carrier rocket flying from Pad 0B at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island.[1] The launch was scheduled to occur in December 2013, but later was rescheduled to 9 January 2014 and occurred then. The satellite was deployed from the International Space Station via the NanoRacks Cubesat Deployer on February 28, 2014.[2] [3] Three Lithuanian words will be broadcast from space "Lietuva myli laisvę" (Lithuania loves freedom). Launch of satellites Lituanica SAT-1 and LitSat-1 was broadcast live in Lithuania.
On 6 March 2014 the satellite radio station of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) established a two-way connection with LitSat-1 for the first time.[4]