MEROPE (Montana Earth-Orbiting Pico-Explorer)

MEROPE
Spacecraft MEROPE (Montana Earth-Orbiting Pico-Explorer)
Spacecraft type CubeSat
Units or mass 1U
Status Launch failure
Launched 2006-07-26
NORAD ID Launch failure
Deployer P-POD (Poly-Picosatellite Orbital Deployer)
Launcher Dnepr
Organization Montana State University
Institution University
Entity Academic / Education
Headquarters US
Launch brokerer Cal Poly
Oneliner

Measure the radiation of the Van Allen radiation belts.

Description

Measure the radiation of the Van Allen radiation belts, first discovered by Explorer-1 under the direction of Professor James Van Allen's group of the State University of Iowa (now The University of Iowa).

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Last modified: 2023-06-08

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