LitSat-1

LitSat-1 was one of the first two Lithuanian satellites. It was launched aboard the second Cygnus spacecraft along with 28 Flock-1 CubeSats aboard an Antares 120 carrier rocket flying from Mid-Atlantic Regional [Spaceport Launch Pad 0|Pad 0B] at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island. 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 NanoRacks [CubeSat Deployer|Cubesat Deployer] on February 28, 2014. Three Lithuanian words will be broadcast from space "Lietuva myli laisvę". 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 established a two-way connection with LitSat-1 for the first time.