Name | Descent |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 1U |
Organisation | York University |
Institution | University |
Entity | Academic / Education |
Nation | Canada |
Oneliner | Two 1U-CubeSats connected by a 100m tape electrodynamic tether for deorbiting demonstration. |
Sources | [1] |
Keywords | Tether, De-orbit device |
Related Spacecraft
Name | Status | Launch | Orbit |
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Descent-A Mother (Deorbiting Spacecraft using Electrodynamic Tether) | No signal? (Not heard by the SatNOGS community as of 2020-12-15. Satellites will remain connected with tether) | 2020-10-03 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS |
Descent-B Daughter (Deorbiting Spacecraft using Electrodynamic Tether) | No signal? (Not heard by the SatNOGS community as of 2020-12-15. Satellites will remain connected with tether) | 2020-10-03 | 400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS |
Last modified: 2020-12-15
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