SAL-E (CP16) Spacecraft - Nanosats Database

Spacecraft	SAL-E (CP16, Streamlined Assembled Learning Experiment)
Spacecraft type	CubeSat
Units or mass	3U
Status	not launched, expected in 2026
Launcher	Falcon 9, (Transporter-16)
Organization	California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly)
Institution	University
Entity	Academic / Education
Nation	US
Oneliner	Rapid and affordable design, testing, and integration of a 3U CubeSat. Measure and make public LEO radiation data.
Description	SAL-E is named after Astronaut Dr. Sally Ride, the first American woman in Space and an inspiration for women and the LGBTQ+ community. The objectives of this mission are to evaluate CPCL’s capability of designing, manufacturing, and testing a CubeSat while simultaneously providing a project management basis for future CPCL flight missions. Learning Experiment (SAL-E) Mission Description: This voluntary project consists entirely of students (CubeSat Lab) at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Its primary objective is to learn by doing and self-training. Students are learning about satellites and space communication by designing, building, testing, integrating, and operating a 3U CubeSat. The mission’s secondary objective is to measure and make public LEO radiation data collected by the Computer Architecture Research Project (CARP) sensor. A tertiary objective is to monitor the 902.3 - 914.9 MHz spectrum with a receive only radio. This voluntary project consists entirely of students (CubeSat Lab) at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. One of its primary objectives is to train students in spacecraft and ground station operations. UHF amateur bands will be used for downlinking satellite housekeeping data and for receiving mission operations schedules as often as needed. It will also be used for any commands uplinked to the satellite.Proposing a UHF downlink using 9k6 FSK.
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Last modified: 2025-12-28