BEVO 2 (Bevo-2, LONESTAR)

BEVO 2
BEVO 2
BEVO 2
BEVO 2
BEVO 2
BEVO 2
BEVO 2
Satellite name BEVO 2 (Bevo-2, LONESTAR)
Type CubeSat
Units or mass 3U
Status Reentry 2017-06-13. No signal? (Unable to find reports)
Launched 2015-12-06
NORAD ID 41314
Deployer ISIPOD [ISISpace]
Launcher Atlas V (AggieSat-4)
Deployment Deployed from Aggiesat-4 on 2016-01-26
Organization University of Texas at Austin
Institution University
Entity Academic / Education
Nation US
Launch brokerer Nanoracks
Partners Texas A&M University
Oneliner

Demonstratine Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking (ARD) technology.

Description

Demonstrating Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking (ARD) technology for use on cost effective, low power microsatellite infrastructures. demonstrate a state-of-the-art CubeSat attitude determination and control (ADC) suite that will be necessary to conduct ARD.

The ADC suite includes a GPS receiver, MEMS gyroscopes, an accelerometer, sun sensors, star tracker, magnetometer, reaction wheels, torque rods, and a cold-gas propulsion unit. Additionally, the LONESTAR (AggieSat-4) spacecraft will photograph its partner satellite and conduct crosslink communications to calculate relative navigation solutions.

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Keywords Propulsion

Last modified: 2023-06-09

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