AeroCube-5

AeroCube-5
Name AeroCube-5
Type CubeSat
Units or mass 1.5U
Organisation The Aerospace Corporation
Institution Non-profit
Entity Government (Civil / Military)
Nation US
Launch brokerer Tyvak, ?
Oneliner Demonstrate new technologies for pointing and tracking between two identical CubeSats and to demonstrate a deorbit device.
Sources [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Keywords De-orbit device

Related Spacecraft

Name Status Launch Orbit
AeroCube-5A Operational? (Confirmation from 2017, no recent public news found) 2013-12-06 460 x 890 km, 120.5 deg
AeroCube-5B Operational? (Confirmation from 2017, no recent public news found) 2013-12-06 460 x 890 km, 120.5 deg
AeroCube-5C Operational? (No recent public news found but likely operational) 2015-10-08 500 x 800 km, 64.8 deg

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