HuskySat-1 Spacecraft - Nanosats Database

Spacecraft	HuskySat-1 (OSCAR 107)
Spacecraft type	CubeSat
Units or mass	3U
Status	Reentry 2023-04-12. Was semi-operational and back alive in December 2021? Was operational until 2020-07-XX? (Confirmation by the team and many reports with telemetry on Twitter as of 2020-04-10 but SatNOGS telemetry data is strangely repetitive. Last checked 2023-06-09)
Launched	2019-11-02
NORAD ID	45119
Deployer	NRCSD-E (External NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer)
Launcher	Antares (ELaNa 25) (NG-12)
Deployment	Deployed from Cygnus on 2020-01-31
Organization	University of Washington
Institution	University
Entity	Academic / Education
Nation	US
Oneliner	Demonstrate propulsion and high-speed transmission for a Moon mission.
Description	Demonstrate onboard plasma propulsion and high gain telemetry for LEO that would be a precursor for an attempt at a larger CubeSat designed for orbital insertion at the Moon.
Results	On the first active pass over Seattle, just 2 hours after deployment, students used the UW ground station to command the satellite to change operational modes. Over the first weekend, the camera payload took and transmitted the first pictures from space! The camera included collaboration with Raisbeck Aviation High School and nonprofit Quick2Space.
Failure cause	Heat issue due to full illumination?
Sources	[1] [2]
Photo sources	[1] [2] [3]
Keywords	Propulsion,
Space photos	[1]
On the same launch	AeroCube-14A AeroCube-14B AeroCube-15A AeroCube-15B HARP HuskySat-1 MVP Argus Orbital Factory II Phoenix CubeSat RadSat-u SOCRATES SwampSat II

Last modified: 2023-06-09