Name | mDOT Telescope-CubeSat (Miniaturized Distributed Occulter/Telescope) |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 6U |
Status | not launched, expected in 2025 |
Organisation | Stanford University |
Institution | University |
Entity | Academic / Education |
Nation | US |
Partners | Tyvak, NASA |
Oneliner |
Telescope-cubesat carries a 10cm-diameter telescope. |
Description |
Potential to demonstrate the distributed occulter/telescope technology with scientific return using a CubeSat. UV telescope with 10 cm aperture. Ejected from occulter spacecraft and assumes formation. The satellites are launched combined as a secondary payload for a total mission lifetime of 1.1 years. After launch, the occulter-smallsat ejects the telescope-cubesat and maneuvers to establish the desired relative orbit, leaving the spacecraft at slightly different longitudes of ascending node. |
Sources | [1] |
Photo sources | [1] |
Keywords | Propulsion |
Last modified: 2023-06-09
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