Exoterra CubeSat @ Nanosats Database

Name	COURIER SEP DEMO (Exoterra CubeSat)
Type	CubeSat
Units or mass	12U
Status	not launched, expected in 2023
Organisation	Exoterra Resource
Institution	Company
Entity	Commercial
Nation	US
Operator	In-house?
Costs	$2 million from NASA Tipping Point.
Oneliner	Demonstrate compact and high impulse solar electric propulsion module.
Description	ExoTerra will build, test and launch a 12-unit CubeSat with a compact, high impulse solar electric propulsion module. ExoTerra Resource has recently won a NASA Tipping Point contract to qualify, build and launch a 12U Cubesat bus which has unique High Propulsion (1.2km/s) and High Power (~300W) capabilities. The on-orbit task for this mission is to demonstrate the range of orbit maneuvers possible with this bus. The orbital operational envelope is expected to be between 300km and 1800km in altitude and we expect to demonstrate a range of capabilities, from dipping orbits, neutral drag offset orbits, elliptical orbits and orbit raising and lowering. A payload has not been identified for this mission and we have approximately 3.4U of volume to host a payload.
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Keywords	Propulsion

COURIER SEP DEMO (Exoterra CubeSat)