SelfieSat has now re-entered the Earth's atmosphere and is no longer in orbit. Most likely, this happened on the 6th or 7th of September 2024. The last beacon was received on September 6th at 17:26:23.

SelfieSat was a 2U (10x10x20 cm) CubeSat launched from Cape Canaveral Launchpad 40 on the 25th of May 2022 with a SpaceX Falcon9 rocket.

The satellite is Orbit NTNU’s first satellite. Orbit NTNU (https://orbitntnu.com/) is a student organization at NTNU that started in 2018 but originated from the previous student group called NTNU Test Satellite (NUTS). NUTS was established in 2012 and worked on making all subsystems in-house, leading to complex designs and long timelines. After an internal restructuring, the organization changed its name to Orbit NTNU and started making the SelfieSat. The SelfieSat concept was developed in early 2018 and a little over four years later the satellite was launched into orbit, using some of the knowledge and subsystems developed by NUTS as the baseline for the satellite.

As the name suggests, the satellite is equipped with a screen and cameras to take pictures and selfies from space. The concept was that images could be transmitted to the SelfieSat. The satellite would then display the pictures on the screen and take a space selfie using a camera on a deployable selfie stick whilst having the Earth in the background. The screen came loose, but the satellite still managed to acquire stunning selfies of itself. For more information, please read more on https://orbitntnu.com/selfiesat. One of the nice images downloaded from the satellite is shown below. The orange "blob" is the glue that came loose.