ICECube

ICECube
Satellite ICECube
Spacecraft type CubeSat
Units or mass 1U
Entity name Cornell University
Institution University
Entity type Academic / Education
Country US
Launch brokerer Cal Poly
Oneliner

Educational space systems engineering and GPS scintillation experiment.

Description

First, to qualify the concept of small satellites as useful instruments for science and engineering, to lower the cost of space utilization and exploration; Second, to educate students in all major aspects of the design, construction, and launch of space satellite systems. Perform GPS scintillation science by measuring fluctuations in the signals that the GPS satellites emit when the signals pass through the ionosphere.

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Related Spacecraft

Satellite Status Launcher Launch date Orbit
ICECube 1 (Ionospheric sCintillation Experimental CubeSat) Launch failure Dnepr 2006-07-26 Launch failure
ICECube 2 (Ionospheric sCintillation Experimental CubeSat) Launch failure Dnepr 2006-07-26 Launch failure

Last modified: 2023-06-08

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