AeroCube-1

AeroCube-1
AeroCube-1
Spacecraft AeroCube-1
Type CubeSat
Units or mass 1U
Status Launch failure
Launched 2006-07-26
NORAD ID Launch failure
Deployer P-POD (Poly-Picosatellite Orbital Deployer)
Launcher Dnepr
Organisation Aerospace Corporation
Institution Non-profit
Entity Government (Civil / Military)
Nation US
Launch brokerer Cal Poly
Oneliner

Demonstrate CubeSat platform technologies and CMOS camera.

Description

Mission is to test a communication system and the system bus plus a suite of CMOS cameras done by Harvey Mudd College. An omnidirectional patch antenna is used.

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Last modified: 2023-06-08

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