Miles @ Nanosats Database

Name	Miles
Type	CubeSat
Units or mass	6U
Status	Semi-operational? (Took time but confirmation on Twitter on 2022-12-10 but orbit needs confirmation as of 2022-12-22)
Launched	2022-11-16
NORAD ID	? (Not yet catalogued and tracked?)
Deployer	CSD (Canisterized Satellite Dispenser) [Planetary Systems Corporation]
Launcher	SLS (Space Launch System) (Artemis-1)
Organisation	Team Miles / Tampa Hackerspace
Institution	Non-profit
Entity	Academic / Education
Nation	US
Partners	The DRI
Oneliner	Demonstrate iodine-fueled plasma thruster.
Description	Iodine-fueled plasma thruster. Our mission goals are to demonstrate the ability to conduct orbital maneuvers, navigate to a target given limited information, and demonstrate robust communications with a ground station from both lunar orbit and deep space.
Results	Wes Faler, chief executive of Miles Space, said that cubesat appears to be tumbling and is slightly off its planned trajectory. Ground stations are getting only fragments of individual data packets from the spacecraft as its transmitter goes in and out of view. “We’re working on software to assemble a data packet from the fragments, a process akin to sequencing a genome from DNA fragments,” he said in early January. “That’s going to take a while.” In trouble, tumbling, off-trajectory; a few partial frames; DSN passes (OLR) did not detect signal.
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Keywords	Propulsion, Beyond Earth orbit