| Satellite | DUPLEX (Dual Propulsion Experiment) |
|---|---|
| Spacecraft type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 6U |
| Status | Operational (LinkedIn post by David Carroll, last checked 2025-12-23) |
| Launched | 2025-09-14 |
| NORAD ID | ? |
| Deployer | NRCSD (NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer) [Quad-M] |
| Launcher | Falcon 9 (Cygnus) (NG-23) |
| Deployment | Deployed from ISS on 2025-12-02 |
| Organization | CU Aerospace |
| Institution | Company |
| Entity | Commercial |
| Country | US |
| Manufacturer | AIVT by NearSpace Launch |
| Partners | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Costs | $1.7 million |
| Oneliner |
Equipped with two different propulsion systems. |
| Description |
Test two of CU Aerospace’s thrusters in space to provide flight heritage for these new, innovative systems, significantly lowering risk for future customers |
| Notes |
Originally reported and assumed to have been launched on Cygnus on 2023-08-02 but does not seem to be the case as of May 2024. |
| Sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
| Photo sources | [1] [2] |
| Keywords | Propulsion, Globalstar or Iridium or Inmarsat |
| On the same launch |
Last modified: 2025-12-27
