| Name |
Descent |
| 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 |
Link-1 |
| Keywords |
Tether, De-orbit device |
Related Spacecraft
| Name |
Status |
Launch |
Orbit |
| Descent-A (Deorbiting Spacecraft using Electrodynamic Tether) |
cancelled (Likely cancelled at design stage, because a different CubeSat won the Canadian CubeSat Project) |
x_cancelled |
400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS |
| Descent-B (Deorbiting Spacecraft using Electrodynamic Tether) |
cancelled (Likely cancelled at design stage, because a different CubeSat won the Canadian CubeSat Project) |
x_cancelled |
400 km, 51.6 deg, ISS |
Last modified: 2020-03-22
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