| Spacecraft name | KrakSat (KRAKsat) |
|---|---|
| Type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 1U |
| Status | Reentry 2022-01-17. Was operational until 2019-07-30, 14 days after battery dropped to critical level. Was quiet from deployment on 2019-07-03 to 2019-07-16 after which two-way communications was established, but mission objectives not completed. |
| Launched | 2019-04-17 |
| NORAD ID | 44426 |
| Deployer | NRCSD (NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer) [Quad-M] |
| Launcher | Antares |
| Deployment | Deployed from ISS on 2019-07-03 |
| Entity name | AGH University of Science and Technology |
| Institution | University |
| Entity type | Academic / Education |
| Nation | Poland |
| Manufacturer | AIVT by SatRev |
| Launch brokerer | Nanoracks |
| Partners | SatRev, Jagiellonian University |
| Oneliner |
Demostrate ferrofluid based attitude control. |
| Description |
Check how the magnetic liquid, called ferrofluid, will act in the space. Use it as a flywheel in outer space where is no gravitation, by putting it in rotary motion in magnetic field. The liquid should rotate with expected velocity and change the direction of rotational speed of the satellite. Ferrofluid is a suspension consisting of tiny magnetite molecules in carrier fluid. In our experiment we will use its strong reactivity to magnetic field. |
| Results | |
| Failure cause | Power supply (negative power budget) problems causing endless loop of restarts. Also hysteresis and EPS problems. |
| Sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
| Photo sources | [1] [2] |
| Keywords | |
| On the same launch |
Last modified: 2023-06-03
