IGOR Spacecraft - Nanosats Database

Spacecraft name	IGOR
Form factor	CubeSat
Units or mass	3U
Status	not launched, expected in 2025
Launcher	Firefly Alpha
Organisation	Astrion
Institution	Company
Entity	Commercial
Country	US
Oneliner	First 3U CubeSat of Axient (now Astrion) with a deployable drag.
Description	First 3U CubeSat of Axient (now Astrion). IGOR’s mission is packed with groundbreaking objectives to assess the stabilizing and pointing accuracy of magnetorquers on a 3U CubeSat. The satellite will utilize the Iridium satellite network for telemetry, with transmissions beginning 60 seconds after deployment. Orbotic Systems’ D3 will accelerate the deorbiting of IGOR using deployed surface area to increase drag and effects of atmospheric friction. The overall goals of the IGOR mission are to raise the TRL of Axient CubeSat subsystems, evaluate communication subsystem performance using the Iridium Short Burst Data service, and examine the boundaries of communication through the Iridium constellation via Iridium Short Burst Data service experimentation. IGOR is also hosting Orbotics’ Deorbit Drag Device (D3) to further demonstrate that technology’s ability to facilitate deorbit and provide compliance with the FCC’s ‘Five Year Deorbit Rule’ that goes into effect in September 2024.
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Keywords	De-orbit device, Globalstar or Iridium or Inmarsat

Last modified: 2025-04-26