ArgoMoon Spacecraft - Nanosats Database

Satellite	ArgoMoon
Type	CubeSat
Units or mass	6U
Status	Was operational until 2022-11-28 (Photos shared on Twitter on 2022-11-19 but orbit needs confirmation as of 2022-12-24, last signals 2022-11-28, EOM declared on 2023-03-17)
Launched	2022-11-16
NORAD ID	? (Not catalogued?)
Deployer	CSD (Canisterized Satellite Dispenser) [Planetary Systems Corporation]
Launcher	SLS (Space Launch System) (Artemis-1)
Entity name	Argotec
Institution	Company
Entity type	Commercial
Nation	Italy
Oneliner	Take several historically significant pictures of the EM-1 mission and it will test some innovative communication systems.
Results	Took images of the Earth and moon after deployment. However, the company said it needed more time than originally planned to commission the spacecraft. Signals detected; imaged Earth and Moon; safing; received additional DSN passes; no signal since DOY 332 and spacecraft is out of propellant; EOM declared March 17, 2023.
Notes	One of 13 SLS 6U Interplanetary or Lunar CubeSats
Sources	[1] [2]
Photo sources	[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
COTS subsystems	ADCS - Blue Canyon XACT SOLAR PANELS - DHV
Subsystems sources	[1] [2]
Keywords	Laser transmitter, Propulsion, Beyond Earth orbit
Space photos	[1]
On the same launch	ArgoMoon BioSentinel CuSP EQUULEUS LunaH-Map Lunar IceCube LunIR Miles NEA-Scout OMOTENASHI

Last modified: 2024-12-15