| Spacecraft | BeaverCube |
|---|---|
| Form factor | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 3U |
| Status | Reentry 2023-04-12. No signal? (No news found as of 2022-12-20 and previously active Twitter channels are quiet after deployment) |
| Launched | 2022-07-15 |
| NORAD ID | 53768 |
| Deployer | NRCSD (NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer) [Quad-M] |
| Launcher | Falcon 9 (ELaNa 45) (CRS-25) |
| Deployment | Deployed from ISS on 2022-09-06 |
| Organization | MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
| Institution | University |
| Entity type | Academic / Education |
| Country | US |
| Oneliner |
Educational mission to study cloud properties and shape memory alloy technologies. |
| Description |
Educational mission to introduce high school students, nationwide, to aerospace science and technology through designing a 3U CubeSat. Its science payload will measure cloud properties, ocean surface temperatures and ocean color to study Earth’s climate and weather systems. BeaverCube also will demonstrate an application for the use of shape memory alloy technology via on-orbit calibration. |
| Sources | [1] [2] [3] |
| Photo sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] |
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| Subsystems sources | [1] |
| Keywords | Propulsion |
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Last modified: 2023-12-22
